Combination therapies targeting pd-1, tim-3, and lag-3

ABSTRACT

This disclosure relates to combination therapies targeting two or all of PD-1, TIM-3, and LAG-3 using antibodies specific for these targets in patients who are in need of enhanced immunity. Also included in the disclosure are compositions useful in the therapies. The therapies are useful in treating diseases such as cancers.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/EP2018/058752, filed Apr. 5,2018, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application62/481,973, filed Apr. 5, 2017. The disclosures of those applicationsare incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

PD-1, also known as Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 and CD279, is a 268amino acid cell surface receptor that belongs to the immunoglobulinsuperfamily. PD-1 is a member of the CD28 family of T cell regulatorsand is expressed on T cells, B cells and macrophages. It binds ligandsPD-L1 (also known as B7 homolog) and PD-L2 (also known as B7-DC). PD-1is a type I membrane protein whose structure includes an extracellularIgV domain, a transmembrane region and an intracellular tail containingtwo phosphorylation sites. Known as an immune checkpoint protein, PD-1functions as an inducible immune modulatory receptor, playing a role in,e.g., negative regulation of T cell responses to antigen stimulation.

PD-L1 is the predominant ligand for PD-1. Binding of PD-L1 to PD-1inhibits T cell activity, reducing cytokine production and suppressing Tcell proliferation. Cancer cells that express PD-L1 are able to exploitthis mechanism to inactivate the anti-tumor activity of T cells viabinding of PD-L1 to the PD-1 receptor. In view of its immune responseregulatory properties, PD-1 has been investigated as a potential targetfor immunotherapy, including treatment of cancer and autoimmunediseases. Two anti-PD-1 antibodies, pembrolizumab and nivolumab, havebeen approved in the United States and Europe for treating certaincancers.

Other immune checkpoint proteins include TIM-3 (T-cell immunoglobulinand mucin-domain containing 3) and LAG-3 (lymphocyte-activation gene 3).TIM-3, also known as HAVCR2 (hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 2) orCD366, is a member of the T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain proteinfamily. TIM-3 is encoded in humans by the Havcr2 gene and is a 33 kDatype I glycoprotein with a membrane distal IgV domain and a membraneproximal mucin-domain. It contains a conserved region of five Tyrresidues in the intracellular domain, which are phosphorylated uponligand binding. TIM-3 is expressed by a range of different cellsoriginating from both the adaptive and innate arms of the immune system,including T-cells, dendritic cells, macrophages, and natural killer (NK)cells. TIM-3 expression is low on naïve T cells but becomes highlyupregulated upon T cell activation. In contrast to T-cells, innate cellssuch as dendritic cells, NK cells and monocytes have high basal TIM-3expression. TIM-3 has been associated with several, mostly promiscuous,ligands, including galectin-9, phosphatidylserine, CEACAM-1 and HMGB-1,but the exact roles of these ligands are currently unknown.

Although TIM-3 has been suggested to be a checkpoint inhibitor, there isrelatively sparse evidence to support the idea that TIM-3 directlymediates suppression of T cell activation or cytokine secretion in amanner similar to, e.g., PD-1. Furthermore, and in contrast to PD-1,TIM-3 appears to play a role in regulation of cells of the innatesystem, and in particular dendritic cells. The majority of functionaldata related to TIM-3 and its role in tumor immunology comes from invivo studies using various antibodies. In most of these studies, due topoor antibody validation, it is not clear whether the effects of theTIM-3 antibodies are mediated by inhibition of ligand binding or by anagonistic effect on the target. In view of its immune responseregulatory properties, TIM-3 has been investigated as a potential targetfor immunotherapy, including for treatment of cancer and autoimmunediseases. A single anti-TIM-3 antibody is currently in clinicaldevelopment, but there are currently no approved anti-TIM-3 antibodies.

LAG-3, also known as CD223, is an immunoglobulin superfamily proteinthat functions as an immune checkpoint receptor. The mature protein is a503-amino acid type I transmembrane protein with four extracellularIg-like domains. It is expressed on various types of cells includingactivated T cells, T regulatory (Treg) cells, natural killer cells, Bcells and plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Information on sequence data,exon/intron organization, and the chromosomal localization of LAG-3indicates that it is closely related to CD4. Similar to CD4, LAG-3 bindsMHC class II molecules, although with a higher affinity and at adistinct site compared to CD4.

LAG-3 is a co-inhibitory receptor that is thought to regulate T cellproliferation, activation and homeostasis in a manner similar to CTLA-4and PD-1. Upon ligand binding to the extracellular domain, LAG-3 exertsits effect through subsequent signaling via the cytoplasmic domain. Thebest characterized ligand for LAG-3 is MHC class II (MHCII), but otherLAG-3 ligands have been described, including LSECtin. LAG-3 has noclassical ITIM or ITSM motifs, but has a conserved KIEELE motif (SEQ IDNO: 397) which is thought to be indispensable for accomplishing itsinhibitory effect on T-cell activity. The exact mechanism by which LAG-3affects T-cell activity is poorly understood. LAG-3 inhibits T cellexpansion by blocking entry of activated T-cells into the growth phaseof the cell cycle, resulting in the accumulation of cells in theS-phase. LAG-3 is also thought to play a role in enhancing thesuppressive activity of regulatory T-cells and in modulating dendriticcell function. Cancer cells have the ability to upregulate expression ofMHCII, which binds LAG-3 on effector T-cells, thus inhibiting theiractivity and inducing tumor immune escape.

In view of the critical role of PD-1, LAG-3, and TIM-3 as immunemodulators, there is a need for new and improved combination therapiesthat target these receptors to treat cancers and certain disorders ofthe immune system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is based on the discovery that theimmunity-enhancing efficacy of an anti-PD-1 antibody, such as thosedescribed herein, is significantly increased when the antibody is usedin combination with an anti-TIM-3 antibody and/or an anti-LAG-3antibody. The present inventors have found that the combinationtherapies of the present invention are particularly effective intreating cancer in a human patient by activating the patient's ownanti-cancer immunity. Compared to currently available treatments forcancer, including antibody treatments, it is contemplated that thecombination therapies of the invention may provide a superior clinicalresponse.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of enhancingimmunity in a human patient in need thereof, such as a cancer patient,by administering to the patient (1) an anti-PD-1 antibody, or anantigen-binding portion thereof, that competes for binding to human PD-1with, or binds to the same epitope of human PD-1 as, an antibodyselected from the group consisting of 12819.15384, 12748.15381,12748.16124, 12865.15377, 12892.15378, 12796.15376, 12777.15382,12760.15375 and 13112.15380; and (2) an anti-TIM-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof and/or an anti-LAG-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof. In certain embodiments, the methodcomprises administering the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-bindingportion thereof, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionthereof, and the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody binds to an epitope of humanPD-1 comprising:

-   a) residues V64, L128, P130, K131, and A132 of SEQ ID NO: 388;-   b) residues V44 and T145 of SEQ ID NO: 388;-   c) residues K131 and E136 of SEQ ID NO: 388; or-   d) residues V44 and T145 of SEQ ID NO: 388.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody binds to an epitope of humanPD-1 comprising:

-   a) residues 56-64, 69-90, and 122-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388;-   b) residues 69-90 and 122-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388;-   c) residues 69-75 of SEQ ID NO: 388;-   d) residues 136-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388; or-   e) residues 69-75 and 136-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has at least one of thefollowing properties:

-   a) binds to human PD-1 with a K_(D) of 750 pM or less;-   b) binds to cynomolgus PD-1 with a K_(D) of 7 nM or less;-   c) binds to mouse PD-1 with a K_(D) of 1 nM or less;-   d) does not bind to rat PD-1,-   e) increases IL-2 secretion in a Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)    whole blood assay;-   f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   g) inhibits the interaction of PD-1 with PD-L1 by at least 60% at a    concentration of 10 μg/mL in a flow cytometric competition assay;-   h) blocks binding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 to PD-1 by at least 90% at a    concentration of 10 μg/mL as determined by Bio-Layer Interferometry    analysis; and-   i) inhibits tumor growth in vivo.    In certain embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has all of said    properties.

In some embodiments, the heavy chain complementarity-determining regions(H-CDR) 1-3 and light chain complementarity-determining regions (L-CDR)1-3 of the anti-PD-1 antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 238-243, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 248-253, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 258-263, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 268-273, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 278-283, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 288-293, respectively; or-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 298-303, respectively.

In some embodiments, the heavy and light chain variable domains of theanti-PD-1 antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 237, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 392, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 246 and 247, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 256 and 257, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 266 and 267, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 276 and 277, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 286 and 287, respectively; or-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 296 and 297, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises:

-   a) a heavy chain (HC) comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 226 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and a light    chain (LC) comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 379;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 237 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 392 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 246 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 247 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 256 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 257 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 276 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 277 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   h) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 286 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 287 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379; or-   i) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 296 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody competes for binding tohuman TIM-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of human TIM-3 as, anantibody selected from the group consisting of 15086.17145, 15086.15086,15086.16837, 15086.17144, 20131, 20293, 15105, 15107, 15109, 15174,15175, 15260, 15284, 15299, 15353, 15354, 17244, 17245, 19324, 19416,19568, 20185, 20300, 20362, and 20621.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody binds to an epitope ofhuman TIM-3 comprising:

-   a) residues P50, V60, F61, E62, G64, R69, 1117, M118, and D120 of    SEQ ID NO: 389;-   b) residues F61, R69, and 1117 of SEQ ID NO: 389; or-   c) residues P50, F61, E62, 1117, M118, and D120 of SEQ ID NO: 389.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody binds to an epitope ofhuman TIM-3 comprising:

-   a) residues 62-67 of SEQ ID NO: 389; or-   b) residues 114-117 of SEQ ID NO: 389.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has at least one of thefollowing properties:

-   a) binds to human TIM-3 with a K_(D) of 23 nM or less as measured by    surface plasmon resonance;-   b) binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with a K_(D) of 22 nM or less as    measured by surface plasmon resonance;-   c) binds to human TIM-3 with an EC50 of 1.2 nM or less as measured    by ELISA;-   d) binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with an EC50 of 46 nM or less as    measured by ELISA;-   e) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a two-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   g) increases TNF-α secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   h) increases TNF-α secretion from dendritic cells; and-   i) inhibits interaction of TIM-3 with phosphatidylserine.    In certain embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has at least    properties a), c), d), e), g), h), and i).

In some embodiments, the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 of the anti-TIM-3antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 18-23, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 28-33, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 38-43, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 48-53, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 58-63, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 68-73, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 78-83, respectively;-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 88-93, respectively;-   j) SEQ ID NOs: 98-103, respectively;-   k) SEQ ID NOs: 108-113, respectively;-   l) SEQ ID NOs: 118-123, respectively;-   m) SEQ ID NOs: 128-133, respectively;-   n) SEQ ID NOs: 138-143, respectively;-   o) SEQ ID NOs: 148-153, respectively;-   p) SEQ ID NOs: 158-163, respectively;-   q) SEQ ID NOs: 168-173, respectively;-   r) SEQ ID NOs: 178-183, respectively;-   s) SEQ ID NOs: 188-193, respectively;-   t) SEQ ID NOs: 198-203, respectively;-   u) SEQ ID NOs: 208-213, respectively; or-   v) SEQ ID NOs: 218-223, respectively.

In some embodiments, the heavy and light chain variable domains of theanti-TIM-3 antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 16 and 17, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 26 and 27, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 36 and 37, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 56 and 57, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 66 and 67, respectively;-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 76 and 77, respectively;-   j) SEQ ID NOs: 86 and 87, respectively;-   k) SEQ ID NOs: 96 and 97, respectively;-   l) SEQ ID NOs: 106 and 107, respectively;-   m) SEQ ID NOs: 116 and 117, respectively;-   n) SEQ ID NOs: 126 and 127, respectively;-   o) SEQ ID NOs: 136 and 137, respectively;-   p) SEQ ID NOs: 146 and 147, respectively;-   q) SEQ ID NOs: 156 and 157, respectively;-   r) SEQ ID NOs: 166 and 167, respectively;-   s) SEQ ID NOs: 176 and 177, respectively;-   t) SEQ ID NOs: 186 and 187, respectively;-   u) SEQ ID NOs: 196 and 197, respectively;-   v) SEQ ID NOs: 206 and 207, respectively; or-   w) SEQ ID NOs: 216 and 217, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises:

-   a) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 47 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   h) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 67 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   i) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 76 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   j) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 86 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 87 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   k) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 96 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 97 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   l) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 107 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   m) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 116 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   n) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 126 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 127 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   o) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 136 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 137 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   p) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 146 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 147 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   q) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 156 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 157 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   r) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 166 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 167 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   s) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 176 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 177 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   t) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 186 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 187 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   u) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 197 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   v) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378; or-   w) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 216 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 217 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody competes for binding tohuman LAG-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of human LAG-3 as, anantibody selected from the group consisting of 15532, 15646, 15723,15595, 15431, 15572, and 15011.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody binds to an epitope ofhuman LAG-3 comprising:

-   a) residues H85, P86, A87, P89, S91, W92, and G93 of SEQ ID NO: 68;-   b) residues A40, Q41, P43, P46, P49, D52, T62, Q64, H65, Q66, P67,    D68, G93, P94, P96, R98, Y99, T100, V101, P106, G107, R119, E124,    R129, G130, D131, S133, R137, P138, D143, R148, and R163 of SEQ ID    NO: 68;-   c) residues A40, Q41, P43, P46, P49, D52, T62, Q64, H65, Q66, P67,    D68, P96, Y99, T100, V101, P106, G107, R119, E124, R129, G130, D131,    S133, R137, P138, D143, R148, and R163 of SEQ ID NO: 68; or-   d) residues G107, L109, R110, and S111 of SEQ ID NO: 68.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody binds to an epitope ofhuman LAG-3 comprising:

-   a) residues 98-105 of SEQ ID NO: 68;-   b) residues 78-105 and 123-131 of SEQ ID NO: 68;-   c) residues 23-30, 40-66, 88-105, 123-137, and 148-152 of SEQ ID NO:    68; or-   d) residues 23-30, 40-66, 98-105, 118-137, and 148-161 of SEQ ID NO:    68.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has at least one of thefollowing properties:

-   a) at a concentration of 20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human    LAG-3 to human MHC class II on A375 cells by greater than 85%    compared to a negative control antibody as determined by a flow    cytometric competition assay;-   b) at a concentration of 20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human    LAG-3 to human MHC class II on A375 cells to between 35% and 85%    compared to a negative control antibody as determined by a flow    cytometric competition assay;-   c) blocks binding between human LAG-3 expressed on Jurkat cells and    human MHC class II expressed on Raji cells;-   d) binds to human LAG-3 with an EC50 of 0.1 nM or less as measured    by flow cytometry;-   e) binds to cynomolgus LAG-3 with an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less as    measured by flow cytometry;-   f) binds to human LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.0×10-8 or less as measured    by surface plasmon resonance;-   g) binds to cynomolgus LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 1.5×10-7 or less as    measured by surface plasmon resonance;-   h) binds to mouse LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.5×10-8 or less as measured    by surface plasmon resonance;-   i) stimulates IL-2 production in Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)    treated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs);-   j) reduces cellular levels of LAG-3 in human T cells;-   k) reduces soluble levels of LAG-3 in the culture of human T cells;-   l) induces tumor growth regression in vivo;-   m) delays tumor growth in vivo; and-   n) does not bind to the same epitope of human LAG-3 as antibody    25F7-Lag3.5.

In certain embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has at least propertiesa), c), d), e), f), g), i), j), k), m), and n).

In some embodiments, the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 of the anti-LAG-3antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 308-313, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 328-333, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 338-343, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 348-353, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 358-363, respectively; or-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 368-373, respectively.

In some embodiments, the heavy and light chain variable domains of theanti-LAG-3 antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 306 and 307, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 326 and 327, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 337, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 347, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 357, respectively; or-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 366 and 367, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises:

-   a) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 316 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 317 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 326 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 327 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 336 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 337 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 346 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 347 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 356 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 357 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378; or-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 366 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 367 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the patient:

-   a) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; and an    anti-TIM-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;-   b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; and an    anti-TIM-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; or-   c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that comprises    the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; and an    anti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378.

In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the patient:

-   a) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; and an    anti-LAG-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; and an    anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively; or-   c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that comprises    the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; and an    anti-LAG-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the patient:

-   a) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; an    anti-TIM-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3    antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; an anti-TIM-3    antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VH and    VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,    respectively; or-   c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that comprises    the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; an anti-TIM-3    antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody    comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences    of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

The antibodies or antigen-binding portions may be administered to thepatient concurrently (e.g., in a single pharmaceutical composition) orsequentially.

The therapies of the present invention are useful in treating a patientwho has cancer, such as a hematological malignancy (e.g., leukemia,Hodgkin's lymphoma, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), or a solid tumor. Insome embodiments, the patient may have melanoma, non-small cell lungcancer, bladder cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, ovariancancer, colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, Merkel-cell carcinoma,fibrosarcoma, gliosarcoma, or glioblastoma. The therapies of the presentinvention can additionally include radiation, or at least one of achemotherapeutic agent, an anti-neoplastic agent, and an anti-angiogenicagent.

Also provided in the present invention is a multi-specific (e.g.,bi-specific or tri-specific) antibody that specifically binds to: a)human PD-1 and human TIM-3; b) human PD-1 and human LAG-3; or c) humanPD-1, human anti-TIM-3, and human LAG-3. In certain embodiments, themulti-specific antibody comprises an antigen-binding portion of ananti-PD-1 antibody as described herein, an antigen-binding portion of ananti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein, and/or an antigen-bindingportion of an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein.

Also provided in the present invention is a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising (1) an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof as described herein, (2) an anti-TIM-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof and/or an anti-LAG-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof, and (3) a pharmaceutically acceptableexcipient. The anti-TIM-3 antibody and the anti-LAG-3 antibody can beselected from those as described herein.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises:

-   a) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the    amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; an    anti-TIM-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3    antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; an anti-TIM-3    antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VH and    VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,    respectively; or-   c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino    acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that comprises    the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; an anti-TIM-3    antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody    comprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences    of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

The antibodies in the composition may be present in equal amounts. Insome embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is for use in treatinga human patient in a method described herein. In particular embodiments,the pharmaceutical composition is for use in enhancing immunity in ahuman patient in need thereof, e.g., for treating cancer.

The present invention also provides an anti-PD-1 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof as described herein for use in atreatment method described herein, e.g., enhancing immunity and/ortreating cancer in a human patient in need thereof, in combination withan anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof and/or ananti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Theanti-TIM-3 antibody and the anti-LAG-3 antibody can be selected fromthose as described herein.

The present invention also provides an anti-PD-1 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof as described herein for use in treatinga human patient in a method described herein.

The present invention also provides the use of an anti-PD-1 antibody oran antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein for themanufacture of a medicament for enhancing immunity and/or treatingcancer in a patient in need thereof (e.g., a human patient), incombination with an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof and/or an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof. In some embodiments, the present invention provides the use ofan anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof as describedherein, and an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereofand/or an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, forthe manufacture of a medicament for enhancing immunity in a humanpatient in need thereof, e.g., for treating cancer. The anti-TIM-3antibody and the anti-LAG-3 antibody can be selected from those asdescribed herein.

The present invention also provides the use of an anti-PD-1 antibody oran antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein for themanufacture of a medicament for treating a human patient in a methoddescribed herein.

The present invention further provides an article of manufacturecomprising an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereofas described herein, in combination with an anti-TIM-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof and/or an anti-LAG-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof, wherein said article of manufacture issuitable for enhancing immunity and/or treating cancer in a patient(such as a human patient), e.g., in a treatment method described herein.The anti-TIM-3 antibody and the anti-LAG-3 antibody can be selected fromthose as described herein.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a set of graphs showing the percent increase in IFN-γ levelsin three donor pairs (Panels A-C) after treatment with 10 μg/mL ofcontrol antibody (IgG1 LALA or IgG2), anti-PD-1 antibody 12819,anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145, or a combination of antibodies 12819and 15086.17145 at a 1:1 ratio, after 5 days of culture in a one-way MLR(mixed lymphocyte reaction) assay. Each dot in the graph represents areplicate and the mean is indicated by a horizontal bar.

FIG. 2 is a set of graphs showing the percent increase in IFN-γ levelsin three donor pairs (Panels A-C) after treatment with 10 μg/mL ofcontrol antibody (IgG1 LALA or IgG2), anti-PD-1 antibody 12819,anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145, or a combination of antibodies 12819and 15086.17145 at a 1:1 ratio, after 5 days of culture in a two-way MLRassay. Each dot in the graph represents a replicate and the mean isindicated by a horizontal bar.

FIG. 3 is a pair of graphs showing the effect of anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 in comparison to positive control anti-PD-1 antibody 12819on T-cell proliferation in the one-way MLR assay. The antibodies wereadded to a final concentration of 25 μg/mL and incubated without (PanelA) or with (Panel B) soluble anti-CD3 for 5 days prior to adding 1μCi/well 3H-thymidine for an additional 18 hours. 3H-thymidineincorporation in the harvested cells was determined by liquidscintillation counting.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing the effect of anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145on IL-12p40 secretion from monocyte derived dendritic cells incubatedfor 5 days with 10 μg/mL of antibody. IL-12p40 levels in cellsupernatants were determined using ELISA.

FIG. 5 is a pair of graphs showing expression levels of selectedactivation markers on monocyte derived dendritic cells after treatmentwith 25 μg/mL anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 for 24 hours. Panel Ashows gene expression analysis of several activation markers andco-simulatory molecules. Panel B shows validation of increased CD80 andCd86 levels using FACS. The histogram overlays shown are representativeof CD11c+ dendritic cells, and numbers adjacent to the histograms denoteMFI (mean fluorescence intensity) values.

FIG. 6 is a graph showing the effect of TIM-3 targeting on tumor growthin a CD34+ humanized NSG-SGM3 mouse model engrafted with the human lungpatient-derived xenograft (PDX) model LG1306. Mice were treated withanti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 at an initial dose of 10 mg/kg followedby 5 mg/kg 5×QSD. The grey area denotes the treatment period. Data arepresented as means±SEM. **p<0.01.

FIG. 7 is a pair of graphs showing the enhanced effect on IL-2 levels ofcombining anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 with anti-LAG-3 antibody 15532 and/oranti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 in a SEB (Staphylococcal EnterotoxinB)+PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cell) assay for two donor pairs(Panels A and B). The bars indicate IL-2 secretion from PBMCs treatedwith 10 μg/mL of the indicated antibodies or antibody mixtures, and SEB,for 48 hours. Signs above the bars indicate single treatments that aresignificantly different (p<0.05) from control antibody (*) or mixturesof two antibodies that are significantly different from the constituentsingle antibody treatments (#).

FIG. 8 is a pair of graphs showing the effect on tumor growth of 10mg/kg of anti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W (which isreactive with mouse LAG-3), or the combination of anti-PD-1 andanti-LAG-3 antibodies, or vehicle treatment, in two syngeneic mousetumor models: MC38 (colon cancer, Panel A) and ASB-XIV (lung cancer,Panel B). The grey area denotes the treatment period. Data are presentedas means±SEM (standard error of the mean). **p<0.01, ***p<0.001,****p<0.0001.

FIG. 9 is a graph showing the effect on tumor growth of 10 mg/kg ofanti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-LAG-3 antibody 15011, or the combinationof anti-PD-1 and anti-LAG-3 antibodies, or vehicle treatment, in theASB-XIV syngeneic mouse tumor model. The grey area denotes the treatmentperiod. Data are presented as means±SEM. *p<0.05, ****p<0.0001.

FIG. 10 is a pair of graphs showing the effect on tumor growth ofanti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12, or the combinationof anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies, or vehicle treatment, on tumorgrowth in two syngeneic mouse tumor models: ASB-XIV (lung cancer, PanelA) and Sa1N (fibrosarcoma, Panel B). The antibody treatments wereadministered at a dose of 10 mg/kg/target in mice with ASB-XIV tumors.Mice with Sa1N tumors were dosed with anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3antibodies at 1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg, respectively. The grey area denotesthe treatment period. Data are presented as means±SEM. **p<0.01,***p<0.001, and ****p<0.0001.

FIG. 11 is a set of graphs showing the effect on tumor growth of 10mg/kg anti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086, or thecombination of anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies, or vehicletreatment, in a human xenograft tumor model, where the human melanomacell line A375 was engrafted in mice reconstituted with human PBMC. Onehuman PBMC donor was used in each experiment and the three graphsrepresent three different donors (Panels A-C). The grey area denotes thetreatment period. Data are presented as means±SEM. *p<0.05 and **p<0.01.

FIG. 12 is a set of graphs showing the effect of single and dualtargeting of PD-1 and TIM-3 on percent survival (Panel A) and tumorgrowth (Panels B-E) in NOD-scid mice engrafted with a mixture of humanPBMCs and A375 melanoma cells. The mice were treated with anti-PD-1antibody 12819, anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145, or a combination of theanti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies. The antibody treatments wereadministered at a dose of 10 mg/kg three times weekly for each antibody.The grey area denotes the treatment period. Data in Panel A arepresented as percentage of mice with tumor size <400 mm³ in eachtreatment group over time.

FIG. 13 is a set of graphs showing the effect of single, dual, andtriple targeting of PD-1, LAG-3 and TIM-3 on percent survival (Panel A)and tumor growth (Panels B-H) in the ASB-XIV syngeneic tumor model usinganti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W, anti-TIM-3 antibody5D12, the combination of anti-PD1 and anti-LAG3 antibodies, thecombination of anti-PD1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies, or the “triple combo”(which refers to the combination of the anti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3, andanti-TIM-3 antibodies). The antibody treatments were administered at adose of 10 mg/kg for each antibody. The grey area denotes the treatmentperiod.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides new combination therapies andcompositions that target human PD-1, human TIM-3, and/or human LAG-3 byusing antibodies that bind these targets. The therapies and compositionscan be used to enhance the immune system in a human patient, such as acancer patient. Unless otherwise stated, as used herein, “PD-1” refersto human PD-1. A human PD-1 polypeptide sequence is available underUniprot Accession No. Q15116, shown here as SEQ ID NO: 388. Unlessotherwise stated, as used herein, “TIM-3” refers to human TIM-3. A humanTIM-3 polypeptide sequence is available under Uniprot Accession No.Q8TDQ0, shown here as SEQ ID NO: 389. Unless otherwise stated, as usedherein, “LAG-3” refers to human LAG-3. A human LAG-3 polypeptidesequence is available under Uniprot Accession No. P18627, shown here asSEQ ID NO: 390.

The term “antibody” (Ab) or “immunoglobulin” (Ig), as used herein,refers to a tetramer comprising two heavy (H) chains (about 50-70 kDa)and two light (L) chains (about 25 kDa) inter-connected by disulfidebonds. Each heavy chain is comprised of a heavy chain variable domain(VH) and a heavy chain constant region (CH). Each light chain iscomposed of a light chain variable domain (VL) and a light chainconstant region (CL). The VH and VL domains can be subdivided furtherinto regions of hypervariability, termed “complementarity determiningregions” (CDRs), interspersed with regions that are more conserved,termed “framework regions” (FRs). Each VH and VL is composed of threeCDRs (H-CDR herein designates a CDR from the heavy chain; and L-CDRherein designates a CDR from the light chain) and four FRs, arrangedfrom amino-terminus to carboxyl-terminus in the following order: FR1,CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4. The assignment of amino acid numbers inthe heavy or light chain may be in accordance with IMGT® definitions(Lefranc et al., Dev Comp Immunol 27(1):55-77 (2003)); or thedefinitions of Kabat, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest(National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (1987 and 1991)); Chothia& Lesk, J. Mol. Biol. 196:901-917 (1987); or Chothia et al., Nature342:878-883 (1989). Unless otherwise indicated, all antibody amino acidresidue numbers referred to in this disclosure are those under the IMGT®numbering scheme.

The term “recombinant antibody” refers to an antibody that is expressedfrom a cell or cell line comprising the nucleotide sequence(s) thatencode the antibody, wherein said nucleotide sequence(s) are notnaturally associated with the cell.

The term “isolated protein”, “isolated polypeptide” or “isolatedantibody” refers to a protein, polypeptide or antibody that by virtue ofits origin or source of derivation (1) is not associated with naturallyassociated components that accompany it in its native state, (2) is freeof other proteins from the same species, (3) is expressed by a cell froma different species, and/or (4) does not occur in nature. Thus, apolypeptide that is chemically synthesized or synthesized in a cellularsystem different from the cell from which it naturally originates willbe “isolated” from its naturally associated components. A protein mayalso be rendered substantially free of naturally associated componentsby isolation, using protein purification techniques well known in theart.

The term “affinity” refers to a measure of the attraction between anantigen and an antibody. The intrinsic attractiveness of the antibodyfor the antigen is typically expressed as the binding affinityequilibrium constant (K_(D)) of a particular antibody-antigeninteraction. An antibody is said to specifically bind to an antigen whenthe K_(D) is 1 mM, preferably 100 nM. A K_(D) binding affinity constantcan be measured, e.g., by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) (BIAcore™) orBio-Layer Interferometry, for example using the IBIS MX96 SPR systemfrom IBIS Technologies, the ProteOn™ XPR36 SPR system from Bio-Rad, orthe Octet™ system from ForteBio.

The term “k_(off)” refers to the dissociation rate constant of aparticular antibody-antigen interaction. A k_(off) dissociation rateconstant can be measured, e.g., by Bio-Layer Interferometry, for exampleusing one of the systems listed above.

The term “epitope” as used herein refers to a portion (determinant) ofan antigen that specifically binds to an antibody or a related moleculesuch as a bi-specific binding molecule. Epitopic determinants generallyconsist of chemically active surface groupings of molecules such asamino acids or carbohydrate or sugar side chains and generally havespecific three-dimensional structural characteristics, as well asspecific charge characteristics. An epitope may be “linear” or“conformational.” In a linear epitope, all of the points of interactionbetween a protein (e.g., an antigen) and an interacting molecule (suchas an antibody) occur linearly along the primary amino acid sequence ofthe protein. In a conformational epitope, the points of interactionoccur across amino acid residues on the protein that are separated fromone another in the primary amino acid sequence. Once a desired epitopeon an antigen is determined, it is possible to generate antibodies tothat epitope using techniques well known in the art. For example, anantibody to a linear epitope may be generated, e.g., by immunizing ananimal with a peptide having the amino acid residues of the linearepitope. An antibody to a conformational epitope may be generated, e.g.,by immunizing an animal with a mini-domain containing the relevant aminoacid residues of the conformational epitope. An antibody to a particularepitope can also be generated, e.g., by immunizing an animal with thetarget molecule of interest or a relevant portion thereof, thenscreening for binding to the epitope.

One can determine whether an antibody binds to the same epitope as, orcompetes for binding with, an antibody as described herein by usingmethods known in the art, including, without limitation, competitionassays, epitope binning, and alanine scanning. In some embodiments, thetest antibody and an antibody as described herein bind to at least onecommon residue (e.g., at least two, three, four, five, six, seven,eight, or nine residues) on the target protein (i.e., TIM-3, PD-1, orLAG-3). In further embodiments, the contact residues on the targetprotein are completely identical between the test antibody and theantibody as described herein. In one embodiment, one allows the antibodyas described herein to bind to the target protein under saturatingconditions and then measures the ability of the test antibody to bind tothe target protein. If the test antibody is able to bind to the targetprotein at the same time as the reference antibody, then the testantibody binds to a different epitope than the reference antibody.However, if the test antibody is not able to bind to the target proteinat the same time, then the test antibody binds to the same epitope, anoverlapping epitope, or an epitope that is in close proximity to theepitope bound by the antibody as described herein. This experiment canbe performed using, e.g., ELISA, RIA, BIACORE™, SPR, Bio-LayerInterferometry or flow cytometry. To test whether an antibodycross-competes with another antibody, one may use the competition methoddescribed above in two directions, i.e., determining if the knownantibody blocks the test antibody and vice versa. Such cross-competitionexperiments may be performed e.g. using an IBIS MX96 SPR instrument orthe Octet™ system.

The term “chimeric antibody” refers in its broadest sense to an antibodythat contains one or more regions from one antibody and one or moreregions from one or more other antibodies, typically an antibody that ispartially of human origin and partially of non-human origin, i.e.,derived in part from a non-human animal, for example a mouse, rat orother rodent, or an avian such as a chicken. Chimeric antibodies arepreferred over non-human antibodies in order to reduce the risk of ahuman anti-antibody response, e.g., a human anti-mouse antibody responsein the case of a murine antibody. An example of a typical chimericantibody is one in which the variable domain sequences are murine whilethe constant region sequences are human. In the case of a chimericantibody, the non-human parts may be subjected to further alteration inorder to humanize the antibody. The chimeric antibodies described hereinhave chicken variable domain sequences and human constant regionsequences.

The term “humanize” refers to the fact that where an antibody is whollyor partially of non-human origin (for example, a murine or chickenantibody obtained from immunization of mice or chickens, respectively,with an antigen of interest, or a chimeric antibody based on such amurine or chicken antibody), it is possible to replace certain aminoacids, in particular in the framework regions and constant regions ofthe heavy and light chains, in order to avoid or minimize an immuneresponse in humans. Although it is not possible to precisely predict theimmunogenicity and thereby the human anti-antibody response of aparticular antibody, non-human antibodies tend to be more immunogenic inhumans than human antibodies. Chimeric antibodies, where the foreign(e.g., rodent or avian) constant regions have been replaced withsequences of human origin, have been shown to be generally lessimmunogenic than antibodies of fully foreign origin, and the trend intherapeutic antibodies is towards humanized or fully human antibodies.Chimeric antibodies or other antibodies of non-human origin thus can behumanized to reduce the risk of a human anti-antibody response.

For chimeric antibodies, humanization typically involves modification ofthe framework regions of the variable domain sequences. Amino acidresidues that are part of complementarity determining regions (CDRs)most often will not be altered in connection with humanization, althoughin certain cases it may be desirable to alter individual CDR amino acidresidues, for example to remove a glycosylation site, a deamidationsite, an aspartate isomerization site or an undesired cysteine ormethionine residue. N-linked glycosylation occurs by attachment of anoligosaccharide chain to an asparagine residue in the tripeptidesequence Asn-X-Ser or Asn-X-Thr, where X may be any amino acid exceptPro. Removal of an N-glycosylation site may be achieved by mutatingeither the Asn or the Ser/Thr residue to a different residue, preferablyby way of conservative substitution. Deamidation of asparagine andglutamine residues can occur depending on factors such as pH and surfaceexposure. Asparagine residues are particularly susceptible todeamidation, primarily when present in the sequence Asn-Gly, and to alesser extent in other dipeptide sequences such as Asn-Ala. When such adeamidation site, in particular Asn-Gly, is present in a CDR sequence,it may therefore be desirable to remove the site, typically byconservative substitution to remove one of the implicated residues.

Numerous methods for humanization of an antibody sequence are known inthe art; see, e.g., the review by Almagro & Fransson, Front Biosci.13:1619-1633 (2008). One commonly used method is CDR grafting, whichfor, e.g., a murine-derived chimeric antibody involves identification ofhuman germline gene counterparts to the murine variable domain genes andgrafting of the murine CDR sequences into this framework. Thespecificity of an antibody's interaction with a target antigen residesprimarily in the amino acid residues located in the six CDRs of theheavy and light chain. The amino acid sequences within CDRs aretherefore much more variable between individual antibodies thansequences outside of CDRs. Because CDR sequences are responsible formost antibody-antigen interactions, it is possible to expressrecombinant antibodies that mimic the properties of a specific naturallyoccurring antibody, or more generally any specific antibody with a givenamino acid sequence, e.g., by constructing expression vectors thatexpress CDR sequences from the specific antibody grafted into frameworksequences from a different antibody. As a result, it is possible to“humanize” a non-human antibody and still substantially maintain thebinding specificity and affinity of the original antibody. CDR graftingmay be based on the Kabat CDR definitions, although a more recentpublication (Magdelaine-Beuzelin et al., Crit Rev. Oncol Hematol.64:210-225 (2007)) has suggested that the IMGT® definition (theinternational ImMunoGeneTics information System®, www.imgt.org) mayimprove the result of the humanization (see Lefranc et al., Dev. CompImmunol. 27:55-77 (2003)).

In some cases, CDR grafting may reduce the binding specificity andaffinity, and thus the biological activity, of a CDR-grafted non-humanantibody as compared to the parent antibody from which the CDRs areobtained. Back mutations (sometimes referred to as “framework repair”)may be introduced at selected positions of the CDR-grafted antibody,typically in the framework regions, in order to reestablish the bindingspecificity and affinity of the parent antibody. Positions for possibleback mutations can be identified using information available in theliterature and in antibody databases. Amino acid residues that arecandidates for back mutations are typically those that are located atthe surface of an antibody molecule, while residues that are buried orthat have a low degree of surface exposure will not normally be altered.

An alternative humanization technique to CDR grafting and back mutationis resurfacing, in which non-surface exposed residues of non-humanorigin are retained, while surface residues are altered to humanresidues.

In certain cases, it may be desirable to alter one or more CDR aminoacid residues in order to improve binding affinity to the targetepitope. This is known as “affinity maturation.” Various affinitymaturation methods are known in the art, for example the in vitroscanning saturation mutagenesis method described by Burks et al., ProcNatl Acad Sci USA, 94:412-417 (1997), and the stepwise in vitro affinitymaturation method of Wu et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:6037-6042(1998).

The term “human antibody” refers to an antibody in which the variabledomain and constant region sequences are derived from human sequences.The term encompasses antibodies with sequences that are derived fromhuman genes but have been modified, e.g., to decrease immunogenicity,increase affinity, and/or increase stability. Further, the termencompasses antibodies produced recombinantly using human-derivedsequences in nonhuman cells, which may impart glycosylation not typicalof human cells. The term also encompasses antibodies produced intransgenic nonhuman organisms with human antibody genes (e.g., OmniRat®rats).

The term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody (or simply “antibodyportion”), as used herein, refers to one or more portions or fragmentsof an antibody that retain the ability to specifically bind to anantigen (e.g., human TIM-3, human PD-1, or human LAG-3, or a portionthereof). It has been shown that certain fragments of a full-lengthantibody can perform the antigen-binding function of the antibody.Examples of binding fragments encompassed within the term“antigen-binding portion” include (i) a Fab fragment: a monovalentfragment consisting of the V_(L), V_(H), C_(L) and C_(H)1 domains; (ii)a F(ab′)₂ fragment: a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragmentslinked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; (iii) an Fd fragmentconsisting of the V_(H) and C_(H)1 domains; (iv) a Fv fragmentconsisting of the VL and V_(H) domains of a single arm of an antibody,(v) a dAb fragment, which consists of a V_(H) domain; and (vi) anisolated complementarity determining region (CDR) capable ofspecifically binding to an antigen. Furthermore, although the twodomains of the Fv fragment, V_(L) and V_(H), are encoded by separategenes, they can be joined, using recombinant methods, by a syntheticlinker that enables them to be made as a single protein chain in whichthe V_(L) and V_(H) domains pair to form monovalent molecules (known assingle chain Fv (scFv)). Also within the invention are antigen-bindingmolecules comprising a V_(H) and/or a V_(L). In the case of a V_(H), themolecule may also comprise one or more of a CH1, hinge, CH2, or CH3region. Such single chain antibodies are also intended to be encompassedwithin the term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody. Other forms ofsingle chain antibodies, such as diabodies, are also encompassed.Diabodies are bivalent, bi-specific antibodies in which V_(H) and V_(L)domains are expressed on a single polypeptide chain, but using a linkerthat is too short to allow for pairing between the two domains on thesame chain, thereby forcing the domains to pair with complementarydomains of another chain and creating two antigen-binding sites.

Antibody portions, such as Fab and F(ab′)₂ fragments, can be preparedfrom whole antibodies using conventional techniques, such as papain orpepsin digestion of whole antibodies. Moreover, antibodies, antibodyportions and immunoadhesion molecules can be obtained using standardrecombinant DNA techniques, e.g., as described herein.

The class (isotype) and subclass of antibodies described herein may bedetermined by any method known in the art. In general, the class andsubclass of an antibody may be determined using antibodies that arespecific for a particular class and subclass of antibody. Suchantibodies are available commercially. The class and subclass can bedetermined by ELISA and Western Blot as well as other techniques.Alternatively, the class and subclass may be determined by sequencingall or a portion of the constant regions of the heavy and/or lightchains of the antibodies, comparing their amino acid sequences to theknown amino acid sequences of various classes and subclasses ofimmunoglobulins, and determining the class and subclass of theantibodies. A preferred isotype of the present invention is an IgGisotype.

When referring to particular amino acid residues in a given position ofan antibody sequence, an indication of, e.g., “35S” refers to theposition and residue, i.e., in this case indicating that a serineresidue (S) is present in position 35 of the sequence. Similarly, anindication of, e.g., “13Q+35S” refers to the two residues in therespective positions. Unless otherwise indicated, all antibody aminoacid residue numbers referred to in this disclosure are those under theIMGT® numbering scheme.

Anti-PD-1 Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibodies disclosed herein may bechimeric, with variable domains derived from chickens and human constantregions, or may be humanized.

The anti-PD-1 antibodies disclosed herein may be referred to by either a5-digit number, e.g., “12819,” or by a 10-digit number, e.g.,“12819.15384.” As used herein, the 5-digit number refers to allantibodies having the heavy and light chain CDR1-3 sequences shown forthat number, whereas the use of a 10-digit number refers to a particularhumanized variant. For example, 12819.15384 is a particular humanizedvariant having the CDR sequences of a 12819 antibody. The 5-digit numberencompasses, for example, 10-digit variants that are identical exceptfor some changes in the FRs (e.g., lacking residues SY at the N-terminusof the mature light chain, or having residues SS in lieu of SY). Thesemodifications do not change the functional (e.g., antigen-binding)properties of the antibodies.

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition comprises ananti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein theanti-PD-1 antibody is the antibody referred to herein as antibody12819.15384, 12748.15381, 12748.16124, 12865.15377, 12892.15378,12796.15376, 12777.15382, 12760.15375 or 13112.15380 or a variant of anyof these, where the variant may, e.g., contain certain minimum aminoacid changes relative to said antibody (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,or 10 amino acid changes, which may be, e.g., in the framework regions)without losing the antigen-binding specificity of the antibody.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody competes for binding tohuman PD-1 with, or binds to the same epitope of human PD-1 as, any oneof antibodies 12819.15384, 12748.15381, 12748.16124, 12865.15377,12892.15378, 12796.15376, 12777.15382, 12760.15375 and 13112.15380.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may compete or cross-compete for binding toPD-1 with 12865, 12892, and 12777 antibodies (e.g., antibodies12865.15377, 12892.15378, and 12777.15382). In some embodiments, any ofthe anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-binding portions described hereinmay compete or cross-compete for binding to PD-1 with a 12819 antibody(e.g., antibody 12819.15384). In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1antibodies or antigen-binding portions described herein may compete orcross-compete for binding to PD-1 with 12760 and 13112 antibodies (e.g.,antibodies 12760.15375 and 13112.15380). In some embodiments, theantibody has an IgG1 or IgG2 format. In certain embodiments, theantibody has an IgG1 format.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody competes or cross-competesfor binding to human PD-1 with, or binds to the same epitope of humanPD-1 as, an antibody whose heavy chain (H) CDR1-3 and light chain (L)CDR1-3 comprise, respectively, SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, 238-243, 248-253,258-263, 268-273, 278-283, 288-293, or 298-303.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises an H-CDR3comprising the H-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 230, 240, 250,260, 270, 280, 290, or 300.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3comprising the H-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 228-230, 238-240, 248-250, 258-260, 268-270, 278-280, 288-290, or298-300.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in amino acid sequence to SEQ IDNO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or 296.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VH that comprises SEQID NO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or 296.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 226,236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or 296; and a CH that is at least 90%(e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 375.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has an HC that comprises theVH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286,or 296 and the CH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has an L-CDR3 comprising theL-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 233, 243, 253, 263, 273, 283,293, or 303.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises L-CDR1-3comprising the L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 231-233, 241-243, 251-253, 261-263, 271-273, 281-283, 291-293, or301-303.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287, 297, or 392.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VL that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287,297, or 392.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287, 297, or 392;and a CL that is at least 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical insequence to SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a LC that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287,297, or 392 and the CL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises any of the aboveheavy chain sequences and any of the above light chain sequences.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises an H-CDR3 andL-CDR3 comprising the H-CDR3 and L-CDR3 amino acid sequences,respectively, of SEQ ID NOs: 230 and 233, 240 and 243, 250 and 253, 260and 263, 270 and 273, 280 and 283, 290 and 293, or 300 and 303.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 sequences, respectively,of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, 238-243, 248-253, 258-263, 268-273, 278-283,288-293, or 298-303.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises a VH that is atleast 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%,at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or 296, and aVL that is at least 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%,at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence tothe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287,297, or 392.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has a VH that comprises theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or296, and a VL that comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227,237, 247, 257, 267, 277, 287, 297, or 392.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody has an HC that comprises theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226, 236, 246, 256, 266, 276, 286, or296 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and an LC thatcomprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227, 237, 247, 257, 267,277, 287, 297, or 392 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises the H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 238-243, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 248-253, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 258-263, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 268-273, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 278-283, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 288-293, respectively; or-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 298-303, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises a VH and a VLhaving the amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 237, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 392, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 246 and 247, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 256 and 257, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 266 and 267, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 276 and 277, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 286 and 287, respectively; or-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 296 and 297, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises:

-   a) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 237 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 392 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 246 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 247 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 256 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 257 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 276 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 277 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379;-   h) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 286 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 287 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379; or-   i) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 296 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 228-230, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 226;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 226 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 231-233, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 227;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 227 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 226 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    227; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 226 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 238-240, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 236 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 241-243, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 237;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 237;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 237 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 238-243, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 237;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    237; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 237 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 238-240, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 236 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 241-243, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 392;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 392;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 392 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 238-243, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 392;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    392; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 236 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 392 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 248-250, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 246;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 246;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 246 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 251-253, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 247;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 247;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 247 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 248-253, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 246 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 247;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 246 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    247; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 246 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 247 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 258-260, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 256;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 256;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 256 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 261-263, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 257;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 257;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 257 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 258-263, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 256 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 257;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 256 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    257; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 256 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 257 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 268-270, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 266;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 266 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 271-273, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 267;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 267 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 268-273, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267;

k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:266 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 267;and

-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 266 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 267 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 278-280, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 276;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 276;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 276 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 281-283, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 277;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 277;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 277 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 278-283, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 276 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 277;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 276 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    277; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 276 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 277 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 288-290, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 286;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 286;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 286 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 291-293, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 287;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 287;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 287 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 288-293, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 286 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 287;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 286 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    287; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 286 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 287 and 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 298-300, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 296;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 296;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 296 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 301-303, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 297;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 297 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 298-303, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 296 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 296 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    297; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 296 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 297 and 379.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to human PD-1 with a K_(D) of atleast 900, at least 850, at least 800, at least 750, at least 700, atleast 650, at least 600, at least 550, at least 500, at least 450, atleast 400, at least 350, at least 300, at least 250, at least 200, atleast 150, at least 100, at least 50, at least 40, at least 30, or atleast 20 pM. In certain embodiments, the K_(D) is determined usingsurface plasmon resonance. In particular embodiments, the anti-PD-1antibodies or antigen-binding portions bind to human PD-1 with a higheraffinity than nivolumab, pembrolizumab, or both.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to cynomolgus PD-1 with a K_(D) of atleast 9000, at least 8000, at least 7000, at least 6000, at least 5000,at least 4000, at least 3000, at least 2500, at least 2000, at least1500, at least 1000, at least 900, at least 800, at least 700, at least600, at least 500, at least 400, at least 300, at least 200, at least100, at least 75, at least 50, at least 25, at least 20, at least 15, atleast 10, or at least 5 pM. In certain embodiments, the K_(D) isdetermined using surface plasmon resonance.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to mouse PD-1 with a K_(D) of atleast 1000, at least 950, at least 900, or at least 850 pM. In certainembodiments, the K_(D) is determined using surface plasmon resonance.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may inhibit the interaction of PD-1 with PD-L1by at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%,at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, atleast 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, atleast 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% at aconcentration of 10 μg/mL in a flow cytometric competition assay. Incertain embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions may inhibit the interaction of PD-1 with PD-L1 by at least 83%.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may block binding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 to PD-1by at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%,at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, atleast 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% at a concentration of 10μg/mL as determined by Bio-Layer Interferometry analysis. In certainembodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-binding portions blockbinding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 to PD-1 by at least 90%.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portiondescribed herein has at least one of the following properties:

-   a) binds to human PD-1 with a K_(D) of 750 pM or less;-   b) binds to cynomolgus PD-1 with a K_(D) of 7 nM or less;-   c) binds to mouse PD-1 with a K_(D) of 1 nM or less;-   d) does not bind to rat PD-1,-   e) increases IL-2 secretion in an SEB whole blood assay;-   f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   g) inhibits the interaction of PD-1 with PD-L1 by at least 60% at a    concentration of 10 μg/mL in a flow cytometric competition assay;-   h) blocks binding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 to PD-1 by at least 90% at a    concentration of 10 μg/mL as determined by Bio-Layer Interferometry    analysis; and-   i) inhibits tumor growth in vivo.

Examples of such an antibody include, without limitation, a 12819antibody (having properties a-i); 12748, 12892, and 12777 antibodies(having at least properties a, b, and e-h), 12865 and 12796 antibodies(having at least properties a, b, e, f, and h), and 12760 and 13112antibodies (having at least properties a, b, e, and f). In someembodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion has allof said properties. In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody orantigen-binding portion has at least properties a, b, and e-h. In someembodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion has atleast properties a, b, e, f, and h. In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1antibody or antigen-binding portion has at least properties a, b, e, andf.

In some embodiments, an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof as described herein binds to an epitope of PD-1 that includes atleast one (e.g., at least one, at least two, at least three, at leastfour, or at least five) of the following residues of SEQ ID NO: 388:V44, V64, L128, P130, K131, A132, E136, and T145. In certainembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to an epitopeof PD-1 that includes residues V64, L128, P130, K131, and A132 of SEQ IDNO: 388 (such as a 12819 antibody, e.g., antibody 12819.15384). Incertain embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to anepitope of PD-1 that includes residues K131 and E136 of SEQ ID NO: 388(such as a 12865 antibody, e.g., antibody 12865.15377). In certainembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to an epitopeof PD-1 that includes residues V44 and T145 of SEQ ID NO: 388 (such as a13112 antibody, e.g., antibody 13112.15380).

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition comprises ananti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that binds toan epitope of PD-1 comprising amino acid residue K131 of SEQ ID NO: 388(e.g., a 12819 or 12865 antibody). In some embodiments, the epitopefurther comprises amino acid residues P130 and A132, and mayadditionally comprise amino acid residues V64 and L128 (e.g., a 12819antibody). In some embodiments, the epitope further comprises amino acidresidue E136 (e.g., a 12865 antibody).

In some embodiments, an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof as described herein binds to an epitope of PD-1 that comprisesresidues 56-64, 69-90, and/or 122-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388. In certainembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to an epitopeof PD-1 that comprises residues 69-90 and 122-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388(such as 12819 and 12865 antibodies, e.g., antibodies 12819.15384 and12865.15377). In certain embodiments, the antibody or antigen-bindingportion binds to an epitope of PD-1 that comprises residues 56-64,69-90, and 122-140 of SEQ ID NO: 388 (e.g., a 12819 antibody). Incertain embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to anepitope of PD-1 that comprises residues 69-90 and 122-140 of SEQ ID NO:388 (e.g., a 12865 antibody). In some embodiments, the antibody orportion binds to residues 69-75 (or a fragment thereof, such as a one,two, three, four, five, or six residue fragment), of SEQ ID NO: 388(such as 12819 and 12865 antibodies, e.g., antibodies 12819.15384 and12865.15377). In some embodiments, the antibody or portion binds toresidues 136-140 (or a fragment thereof, such as a one, two, three, orfour residue fragment) of SEQ ID NO: 388 (such as 12819 and 12865antibodies, e.g., antibodies 12819.15384 and 12865.15377). In someembodiments, the antibody or portion binds to residues 69-75 (or afragment thereof) and residues 136-140 (or a fragment thereof) of SEQ IDNO: 388, (such as 12819 and 12865 antibodies, e.g., antibodies12819.15384 and 12865.15377). An epitope with any combination of theabove residues is also contemplated.

In some embodiments, an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portionthereof as described herein is an anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-bindingportion described in PCT Patent Publication WO 2017/055547 or PCT PatentApplication PCT/EP2017/079615, which are incorporated by reference intheir entirety herein.

Anti-TIM-3 Antibodies

In a particular embodiment, the anti-TIM-3 antibodies disclosed hereinare human antibodies generated from transgenic rats that are able togenerate antibodies with human idiotypes.

The anti-TIM-3 antibodies disclosed herein may be referred to by eithera 5-digit number, e.g. “20131”, or by a 10-digit number, e.g.“15086.16837”. 10-digit numbers with the same first five digits arederived from the same parent antibody, as in the case of antibodies15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17145, 15086.17144. Such antibodies,which share the same six CDRs, are expected to have the same orsubstantially the same target binding properties. As will be apparentfrom the protein and DNA sequences provided herein, the 15086.16837,15086.17145, and 15086.17144 variants have only a single amino aciddifference in the VH sequence compared to the parent 15086 antibody(“15086.15086”), namely E, rather than Q, in position 6, whereas the VLamino acid sequences are identical. It will also be apparent that thesevariants differ primarily by their antibody format/subclass, i.e.:

15086.15086: IgG1

15086.16837: IgG1 LALA

15086.17145: IgG2

15086.17144: IgG4

The VH sequence of the IgG2 and IgG4 subclass antibodies is the same asthat of the IgG1 LALA variant. The VL sequence is the same for all fourof the antibody subclasses.

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition comprises ananti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein theanti-TIM-3 antibody is the antibody referred to herein as antibody15086.17145, 15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17144, 20131, 20293, 15105,15107, 15109, 15174, 15175, 15260, 15284, 15299, 15353, 15354, 17244,17245, 19324, 19416, 19568, 20185, 20300, 20362, or 20621 or a variantof any of these, where the variant may, e.g., contain certain minimumamino acid changes relative to said antibody (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, or 10 amino acid changes, which may be, e.g., in the frameworkregions) without losing the antigen-binding specificity of antibody.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody competes or cross-competesfor binding to human TIM-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of humanTIM-3 as, antibody 15086.15086 having the IgG1 format, antibody15086.16837 having the IgG1 LALA format, antibody 15086.17145 having theIgG2 format, or antibody 15086.17144 having the IgG4 format. In someembodiments, the antibody has an IgG1 or IgG2 format. In certainembodiments, the antibody has an IgG2 format.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody competes or cross-competesfor binding to human TIM-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of humanTIM-3 as, antibody 20131, 20293, 15105, 15107, 15109, 15174, 15175,15260, 15284, 15299, 15353, 15354, 17244, 17245, 19324, 19416, 19568,20185, 20300, 20362, or 20621. In some embodiments, the antibody has anIgG1 or IgG2 format. In certain embodiments, the antibody has an IgG2format.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody competes or cross-competesfor binding to human TIM-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of humanTIM-3 as, an antibody whose heavy chain (H) CDR1-3 and light chain (L)CDR1-3 comprise, respectively, SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, 18-23, 28-33, 38-43,48-53, 58-63, 68-73, 78-83, 88-93, 98-103, 108-113, 118-123, 128-133,138-143, 148-153, 158-163, 168-173, 178-183, 188-193, 198-203, 208-213,or 218-223.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises an H-CDR3comprising the H-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, 20, 30, 40,50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190,200, 210, or 220.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3comprising the H-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 8-10, 18-20, 28-30, 38-40, 48-50, 58-60, 68-70, 78-80, 88-90,98-100, 108-110, 118-120, 128-130, 138-140, 148-150, 158-160, 168-170,178-180, 188-190, 198-200, 208-210, or 218-220.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in amino acid sequence to SEQ IDNO: 3, 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146,156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that comprises SEQID NO: 3, 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136,146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 3, 16,26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176,186, 196, 206, or 216; and a CH that is at least 90% (e.g., at least92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 374.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has an HC that comprisesthe VH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76,86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216and the CH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 7, 16,26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176,186, 196, 206, or 216; and a CH that is at least 90% (e.g., at least92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 375, 376, or 377.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a HC that comprises theVH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86,96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216 andthe CH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, 376, or 377. In certainembodiments, the CH amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO: 377.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises an L-CDR3comprising the L-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, 23, 33, 43,53, 63, 73, 83, 93, 103, 113, 123, 133, 143, 153, 163, 173, 183, 193,203, 213, or 223.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises L-CDR1-3comprising the L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 11-13, 21-23, 31-33, 41-43, 51-53, 61-63, 71-73, 81-83, 91-93,101-103, 111-113, 121-123, 131-133, 141-143, 151-153, 161-163, 171-173,181-183, 191-193, 201-203, 211-213, or 221-223.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117,127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VL that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87,97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117,127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217; and a CL that is atleast 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%,at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a LC that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87,97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217 andthe CL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises any of the aboveheavy chain sequences and any of the above light chain sequences.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises an H-CDR3 andL-CDR3 comprising the H-CDR3 and L-CDR3 amino acid sequences,respectively, of SEQ ID NOs: 10 and 13, 20 and 23, 30 and 33, 40 and 43,50 and 53, 60 and 63, 70 and 73, 80 and 83, 90 and 93, 100 and 103, 110and 113, 120 and 123, 130 and 133, 140 and 143, 150 and 153, 160 and163, 170 and 173, 180 and 183, 190 and 193, 200 and 203, 210 and 213, or220 and 223.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 sequences, respectively,of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, 18-23, 28-33, 38-43, 48-53, 58-63, 68-73, 78-83,88-93, 98-103, 108-113, 118-123, 128-133, 138-143, 148-153, 158-163,168-173, 178-183, 188-193, 198-203, 208-213, or 218-223.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86, 96, 106,116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216, and a VL thatis at least 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97,107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has a VH that comprises theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76, 86,96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216, and aVL that comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37,47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187,197, 207, or 217.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody has an HC that comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, 7, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 66, 76,86, 96, 106, 116, 126, 136, 146, 156, 166, 176, 186, 196, 206, or 216and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378; and an LC that comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87,97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 187, 197, 207, or 217 andthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises the H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 18-23, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 28-33, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 38-43, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 48-53, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 58-63, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 68-73, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 78-83, respectively;-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 88-93, respectively;-   j) SEQ ID NOs: 98-103, respectively;-   k) SEQ ID NOs: 108-113, respectively;-   l) SEQ ID NOs: 118-123, respectively;-   m) SEQ ID NOs: 128-133, respectively;-   n) SEQ ID NOs: 138-143, respectively;-   o) SEQ ID NOs: 148-153, respectively;-   p) SEQ ID NOs: 158-163, respectively;-   q) SEQ ID NOs: 168-173, respectively;-   r) SEQ ID NOs: 178-183, respectively;-   s) SEQ ID NOs: 188-193, respectively;-   t) SEQ ID NOs: 198-203, respectively;-   u) SEQ ID NOs: 208-213, respectively; or-   v) SEQ ID NOs: 218-223, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises a heavy chainvariable domain and a light chain variable domain having the amino acidsequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 16 and 17, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 26 and 27, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 36 and 37, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47, respectively;-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 56 and 57, respectively;-   h) SEQ ID NOs: 66 and 67, respectively;-   i) SEQ ID NOs: 76 and 77, respectively;-   j) SEQ ID NOs: 86 and 87, respectively;-   k) SEQ ID NOs: 96 and 97, respectively;-   l) SEQ ID NOs: 106 and 107, respectively;-   m) SEQ ID NOs: 116 and 117, respectively;-   n) SEQ ID NOs: 126 and 127, respectively;-   o) SEQ ID NOs: 136 and 137, respectively;-   p) SEQ ID NOs: 146 and 147, respectively;-   q) SEQ ID NOs: 156 and 157, respectively;-   r) SEQ ID NOs: 166 and 167, respectively;-   s) SEQ ID NOs: 176 and 177, respectively;-   t) SEQ ID NOs: 186 and 187, respectively;-   u) SEQ ID NOs: 196 and 197, respectively;-   v) SEQ ID NOs: 206 and 207, respectively; or-   w) SEQ ID NOs: 216 and 217, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody comprises:

-   a) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 47 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   h) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 67 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   i) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 76 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   j) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 86 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 87 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   k) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 96 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an LC    comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 97 and the amino    acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   l) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 107 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   m) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 116 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   n) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 126 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 127 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   o) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 136 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 137 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   p) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 146 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 147 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   q) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 156 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 157 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   r) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 166 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 167 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   s) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 176 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 177 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   t) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 186 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 187 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   u) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 197 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378;-   v) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378; or-   w) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 216 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377, and an    LC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 217 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 8-10, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 or 7;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 3 or 7;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 3 and 374, or the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 11-13, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 4; h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 or 7 and whose VL is at least    90% identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    4;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 3 or 15 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 4; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 3 and 374, or the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, 376, or 377; and whose LC    comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQID NOs: 18-20, respectively;

b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16;

-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 16;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 21-23, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 17;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 17 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 18-23, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 16 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    17; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 16 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    17 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 28-30, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 26;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 26 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 31-33, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 27;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 27 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 28-33, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 26 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 26 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    27; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 26 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    27 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 38-40, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 36;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 36 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 41-43, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 37;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 37 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 38-43, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 36 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    37; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 36 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    37 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 48-50, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 46;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 46 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 51-53, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 47;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 47; h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences    of SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 48-53, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 47;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 46 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    47; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 46 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    47 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 58-60, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 56;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 56 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 61-63, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 57; h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences    of SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 58-63, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 56 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    57; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 56 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    57 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 68-70, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 66;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 66 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 71-73, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 67;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 67; h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences    of SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 68-73, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 67;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 66 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    67; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 66 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    67 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 78-80, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 76;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 76;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 76 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 81-83, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 77;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 77 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 78-83, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 76 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 76 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    77; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 76 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    77 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 88-90, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 86;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 86;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 86 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 91-93, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 87;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 87;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 87 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 88-93, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 86 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 87;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 86 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    87; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 86 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    87 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 98-100, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 96;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 96;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 96 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 101-103, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 97;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 97;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 97 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 98-103, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 96 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 97;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 96 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    97; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 96 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    97 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 108-110, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 106;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 106 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 111-113, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 107;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 107;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 107 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 108-113, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 106 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 107;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 106 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    107; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 106 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    107 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 118-120, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 116;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 116;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 116 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 121-123, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 117;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 117 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 118-123, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 116 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117;

k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:116 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117;and

-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 116 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    117 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 128-130, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 126;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 126;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 126 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 131-133, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 127;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 127;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 127 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 128-133, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 126 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 127;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 126 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    127; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 126 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    127 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 138-140, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 136;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 136;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 136 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 141-143, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 137;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 137;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 137 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 138-143, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 136 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 137;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 136 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    137; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 136 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    137 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 148-150, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 146;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 146;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 146 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 151-153, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 147;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 147;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 147 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 148-53, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 146 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 147;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 146 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    147; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 146 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    147 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 158-160, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 156;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 156;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 156 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 161-163, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 157;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 157;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 157 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 158-163, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 156 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 157;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 156 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    157; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 156 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    157 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQID NOs: 168-170, respectively;

b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 166;

-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 166;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 166 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 171-173, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 167;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 167;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 167 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 168-173, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 166 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 167;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 166 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    167; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 166 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    167 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 178-80, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 176;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 176;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 176 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 181-183, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 177;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 177;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 177 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 178-183, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 176 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 177;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 176 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    177; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 176 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    177 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 188-190, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 186;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 186;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 186 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 191-193, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 187;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 187;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 187 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 188-193, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 186 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 187;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 186 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    187; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 186 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    187 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 198-200, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 196;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 196 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 201-203, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 197;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 197;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 197 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 198-203, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 196 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 197;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 196 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    197; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 196 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    197 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 208-210, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 206;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 206 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 211-213, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 207;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 207 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 208-213, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 207;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 206 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    207; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 206 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    207 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 218-220, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 216;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 216;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NO: 216 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 221-223, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 217;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 217;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 217 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 218-223, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 216 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 217;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 216 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    217; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 216 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or    377; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:    217 and 378.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-TIM-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may inhibit binding of ligands such asgalectin-9, CEACAM1, HMGB-1, and phosphatidylserine to TIM-3.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-TIM-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may increase the activity of NK cells. In someembodiments, this activity can mediate ADCC.

In some embodiments, administration of an anti-TIM-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof as described herein may activatedendritic cells, causing their maturation and thereby their ability tostimulate T-cells. While not wishing to be bound by any particulartheory, it is believed that the anti-TIM-3 antibodies described hereinfunction as TIM-3 dendritic cell activators, whereby their effect ondendritic cells serves to stimulate T cells. In a tumor-related setting,the anti-TIM-3 antibodies thus would cause maturation and activation oftumor associated dendritic cells, resulting in activation of tumorspecific T-cells.

In some embodiments, administration of an anti-TIM-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof as described herein may directlyactivate T cells.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portiondescribed herein has at least one of the following properties:

-   a) binds to human TIM-3 with a K_(D) of 23 nM or less as measured by    surface plasmon resonance;-   b) binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with a K_(D) of 22 nM or less as    measured by surface plasmon resonance;-   c) binds to human TIM-3 with an EC50 of 1.2 nM or less as measured    by ELISA;-   d) binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with an EC50 of 46 nM or less as    measured by

ELISA;

-   e) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a two-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   g) increases TNF-α secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocyte reaction    assay;-   h) increases TNF-α secretion from dendritic cells; and-   i) inhibits interaction of TIM-3 with phosphatidylserine.    Examples of such an antibody include, without limitation, antibody    15086.15086 (having at least properties a, c, d, e, g, and h);    antibody 15086.17145 (having at least properties a, c, d, e, g, h,    and i), antibody 15086.16837 or 15086.17144 (having at least    properties a, c, and d), antibody 20293 or 20131 (having at least    properties a, b, c, d, e, f, and h), antibody 20362 (having at least    properties c, e, f, and h), and antibody 19324, 19416, 19568, 20185,    20300, or 20621 (having at least properties c, d, e, f, and h). In    some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion    has all of said properties. In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3    antibody or antigen-binding portion has at least properties a, c, d,    e, g, and h. In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or    antigen-binding portion has at least properties a, c, d, e, g, h,    and i. In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or    antigen-binding portion has at least properties a, c, and d. In some    embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion has    at least properties a, b, c, d, e, f, and h. In some embodiments,    the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion has at least    properties c, e, f, and h. In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3    antibody or antigen-binding portion has at least properties c, d, e,    f, and h.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-bindingportion thereof as described herein binds to an epitope of TIM-3 thatincludes at least one (e.g., at least two, at least three, at leastfour, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at least eight, or atleast nine) of the following residues of SEQ ID NO: 389: P50, V60, F61,E62, G64, R69, 1117, M118, and D120. In certain embodiments, theantibody or antigen-binding portion binds to an epitope of TIM-3 thatincludes residues P50, V60, F61, E62, G64, R69, 1117, M118, and D120 ofSEQ ID NO: 389 (such as antibody 15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17145,or 15086.17144). In certain embodiments, the antibody or antigen-bindingportion binds to an epitope of TIM-3 that includes residues F61, R69,and 1117 of SEQ ID NO: 389 (such as antibody 20293). In certainembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding portion binds to an epitopeof TIM-3 that includes residues P50, F61, E62, 1117, M118, and D120 ofSEQ ID NO: 389 (such as antibody 20131).

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionthereof binds to an epitope of TIM-3 comprising amino acid residues F61and 1117 of SEQ ID NO: 389 (e.g., antibody 15086.15086, 15086.16837,15086.17145, 15086.17144, 20293, or 20131). In some embodiments, theepitope further comprises amino acid residue R69 (e.g., antibody15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17145, 15086.17144, or 20293). In someembodiments, the epitope further comprises P50, E62, M118, and D120(e.g., antibody 15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17145, 15086.17144, or20131) and may additionally comprise amino acid residues V60 and G64(e.g., antibody 15086.15086, 15086.16837, 15086.17145, or 15086.17144).

In some embodiments, an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-bindingportion thereof as described herein binds to an epitope of TIM-3 thatincludes at least one (e.g., at least one, at least two, at least three,at least four, at least five, at least six, at least seven, at leasteight, or at least nine) of the following residues of SEQ ID NO: 236:P50, V60, F61, E62, G64, R69, 1117, M118, and D120. An epitope with anycombination of the above residues is contemplated.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-bindingportion thereof as described herein binds to an epitope of TIM-3 thatcomprises residues 62-67 and/or 114-117 of SEQ ID NO: 389. In someembodiments, the antibody or portion binds to residues 62-67 (or afragment thereof, such as a one, two, three, four, or five residuefragment), of SEQ ID NO: 389 (e.g., antibodies 15086.15086, 15086.16837,15086.17145, 15086.17144, and 20293). In some embodiments, the antibodyor portion binds to residues 114-117 (or a fragment thereof, such as aone, two, or three residue fragment) of SEQ ID NO: 389 (e.g., antibody20131). An epitope with any combination of the above residues is alsocontemplated.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionthereof does not compete for binding to TIM-3 with ABTIM3 (from PCTPatent Publication WO 2015/117002) and/or mAb15 (from PCT PatentPublication WO 2016/111947). In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3antibody or antigen-binding portion does not bind to the same epitope asABTIM3 and/or mAB15; for example, the antibody or portion binds to oneor more residues on TIM-3 that are not bound by ABTIM3 and/or mAb15.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-bindingportion thereof as described herein is an anti-TIM-3 antibody orantigen-binding portion described in PCT Patent Publication WO2017/178493, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.

Anti-LAG-3 Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibodies disclosed herein arehuman antibodies generated from transgenic rats that are able togenerate antibodies with human idiotypes. In another embodiment, theantibodies are chicken-derived chimeric antibodies comprising chickenCDR sequences and human framework regions, where the framework regionshave been subjected to humanization.

One advantage of the novel anti-LAG-3 antibodies described herein isthat they are able to enhance activity of T-cells as measured byincreased IL-2 production. While not wishing to be bound by anyparticular theory, it is believed that the anti-LAG-3 antibodies areable to block the interaction of LAG-3 with its putative ligands such asMHCII and LSECtin. The antibodies may accomplish this directly viablocking of the ligand binding region or via induction of LAG-3internalization. Another potential advantage of the anti-LAG-3antibodies described herein is a low level of secondary effectorfunctions in antibodies having the “LALA” mutations (L234A/L235A), whichhinder significant antibody binding to human FcgR (Fc gamma receptors)and hence depletion of effector T-cells.

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition comprises ananti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein theanti-LAG-3 antibody is the antibody referred to herein as antibody15646, 15532, 15723, 15595, 15431, 15572 or 15011 or a variant of any ofthese, where the variant may, e.g., contain certain minimum amino acidchanges relative to said antibody (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or10 amino acid changes, which may be, e.g., in the framework regions)without losing the antigen-binding specificity of antibody.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody, or an antigen-bindingportion thereof, competes or cross-competes for binding to human LAG-3with, or binds to the same epitope of human LAG-3 as, antibody 15646,15532, 15723, 15595, 15431, 15572 or 15011. In some embodiments, theantibody has an IgG1 or IgG2 format. In certain embodiments, theantibody has an IgG2 format.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody competes or cross-competesfor binding to human LAG-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of humanLAG-3 as, an antibody whose heavy chain (H) CDR1-3 and light chain (L)CDR1-3 comprise, respectively, SEQ ID NOs: 308-313, 318-323, 328-333,338-343, 348-353, 358-363, or 368-373.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises an H-CDR3comprising the H-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 310, 320, 330,340, 350, 360, or 370.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3comprising the H-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 308-310, 318-320, 328-330, 338-340, 348-350, 358-360, or 368-370.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in amino acid sequence to SEQ IDNO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or 366.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VH that comprises SEQID NO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or 366.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 306,316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or 366; and a CH that is at least 90% (e.g., atleast 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or atleast 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO: 375.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a HC that comprises theVH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or366 and the CH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises an L-CDR3comprising the L-CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 313, 323, 333,343, 353, 363, or 373.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises L-CDR1-3comprising the L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences, respectively, of SEQ IDNOs: 311-313, 321-323, 331-333, 341-343, 351-353, 361-363, or 371-373.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337, 347, 357, or 367.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VL that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337, 347, 357, or367.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VL that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to the VL amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337, 347, or 357; and a CL that isat least 90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical in sequence to SEQ ID NO:378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a LC that comprises theVL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337, 347, or 357 andthe CL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378. In some embodiments, theanti-LAG-3 antibody has an LC that comprises the VL amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 367 and the CL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises any of the aboveheavy chain sequences and any of the above light chain sequences.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises an H-CDR3 andL-CDR3 comprising the H-CDR3 and L-CDR3 amino acid sequences,respectively, of SEQ ID NOs: 310 and 313, 320 and 323, 330 and 333, 340and 343, 350 and 353, 360 and 363, or 370 and 373.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 sequences, respectively,of SEQ ID NOs: 308-313, 318-323, 328-333, 338-343, 348-353, 358-363, or368-373.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VH that is at least90% (e.g., at least 92%, at least 95%, at least 98%, or at least 99%)identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306, 316,326, 336, 346, 356, or 366, and a VL that is at least 90% (e.g., atleast 92%, at least 95%, at least 98%, or at least 99%) identical insequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337,347, 357, or 367.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has a VH that comprises theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or 366,and a VL that comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317,327, 337, 347, 357, or 367.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has an HC that comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or366 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and an LC thatcomprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307, 317, 327, 337, 347,or 357 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody has an HC that comprisesthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306, 316, 326, 336, 346, 356, or366 and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375; and an LC thatcomprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 367 and the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises the H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 308-313, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 328-333, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 338-343, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 348-353, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 358-363, respectively; or-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 368-373, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises a heavy chainvariable domain and a light chain variable domain having the amino acidsequences of:

-   a) SEQ ID NOs: 306 and 307, respectively;-   b) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively;-   c) SEQ ID NOs: 326 and 327, respectively;-   d) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 337, respectively;-   e) SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 347, respectively;-   f) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 357, respectively; or-   g) SEQ ID NOs: 366 and 367, respectively.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody comprises:

-   a) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   b) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 316 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 317 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   c) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 326 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 327 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   d) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 336 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 337 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   e) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 346 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 347 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378;-   f) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 356 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 357 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 378; or-   g) an HC comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 366 and    the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 375, and an LC comprising the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 367 and the amino acid sequence of    SEQ ID NO: 379.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 308-310, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 306;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 306 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 311-313, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 307;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 307 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 308-313, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 306 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 307;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 306 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    307; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 306 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 307 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 318-320, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 316;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 316;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 316 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 321-323, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 317;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 317;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 317 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 316 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 317;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 316 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    317; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 316 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 328-330, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 326;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 326;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 326 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 331-333, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 327;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 327;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 327 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 328-333, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 326 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 327;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 326 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    327; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 326 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 327 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 338-340, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 336;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 336;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 336 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 341-343, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 337;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 337;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 337 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 338-343, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 336 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 337;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 336 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    337; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 336 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 337 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 348-350, respectively;

b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 346;

-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 346;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 346 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 351-353, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 347;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 347;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 347 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 348-353, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 346 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 347;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 346 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    347; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 346 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 347 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 358-360, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 356;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 356;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 356 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 361-363, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 357;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 357;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 357 and 378;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 358-363, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 356 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 357;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 356 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    357; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 356 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 357 and 378.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody is selected from the groupconsisting of:

-   a) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 368-370, respectively;-   b) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 366;-   c) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 366;-   d) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 366 and 375;-   e) an antibody whose L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 371-373, respectively;-   f) an antibody whose VL is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 367;-   g) an antibody whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 367;-   h) an antibody whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 367 and 379;-   i) an antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid    sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 368-373, respectively;-   j) an antibody whose VH is at least 90% identical in sequence to the    amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 366 and whose VL is at least 90%    identical in sequence to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 367;-   k) an antibody whose VH comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID    NO: 366 and whose VL comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:    367; and-   l) an antibody whose HC comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID    NOs: 366 and 375; and whose LC comprises the amino acid sequences of    SEQ ID NOs: 367 and 379.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to human LAG-3 with an EC50 of, forexample, 0.2 nM or less, 0.15 nM or less, 0.1 nM or less, 0.09 nM orless, 0.08 nM or less, 0.07 nM or less, 0.06 nM or less, 0.05 nM orless, or 0.04 nM or less. In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3antibodies or antigen-binding portions described herein may bind tocynomolgus LAG-3 with, for example, an EC50 of 0.4 nM or less, 0.3 nM orless, 0.2 nM or less, 0.1 nM or less, 0.09 nM or less, 0.08 nM or less,0.07 nM or less, 0.06 nM or less, 0.05 nM or less, 0.04 nM or less, or0.03 nM or less. In particular embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3antibodies or antigen-binding portions described herein may bind tohuman LAG-3 with, for example, an EC50 of 0.1 nM or less and cynomolgusLAG-3 with, for example, an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to human LAG-3 with an EC50 of, forexample, 0.1 nM or less. In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3antibodies or antigen-binding portions described herein may bind tocynomolgus LAG-3 with, for example, an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less. Inparticular embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies orantigen-binding portions described herein may bind to human LAG-3 with,for example, an EC50 of 0.1 nM or less and cynomolgus LAG-3 with, forexample, an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may inhibit binding of ligands such as MHCclass II (MHCII) or LSECtin to LAG-3. For example, at 20 μg/mL, theanti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion may reduce the binding ofLAG-3 to MHCII by at least 35%, at least 40%, at least 45%, at least50%, at least 55%, at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% compared tobinding in the presence of a negative control antibody. In oneembodiment, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding protein mayreduce the binding of LAG-3 to MHCII by greater than 85% compared to thenegative control. In one embodiment, the anti-LAG-3 antibody orantigen-binding protein may reduce the binding of LAG-3 to MHCII bybetween about 25% and 95%, 30% and 90%, or 35% and 85%, compared to thenegative control.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may block binding between LAG-3 and MHC classII, e.g., human LAG-3 expressed on Jurkat cells and human MHC class IIexpressed on Raji cells (for example, ata concentration of 0.1 μg/mL,0.5 μg/mL, 1 μg/mL, 5 μg/mL, 10 μg/mL, 20 μg/mL, 30 μg/mL, 40 μg/mL, or50 μg/mL).

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to human LAG-3 with a K_(D) of5.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 4.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 3.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 2.0×10⁻⁸ or less,1.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 9.0×10⁻⁹ or less, 8.0×10⁻⁹ or less, 7.0×10⁻⁹ or less,6.0×10⁻⁹ or less, 5.0×10⁻⁹ or less, 4.0×10⁻⁹ or less, 3.0×10⁻⁹ or less,2.0×10⁻⁹ or less, or 1.0×10⁻⁹ or less, as measured by surface plasmonresonance.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to cynomolgus LAG-3 with a K_(D) of1.5×10⁻⁷ or less, 1.0×10⁻⁷ or less, 9.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 8.0×10⁻⁸ or less,7.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 6.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 5.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 4.0×10⁻⁸ or less,3.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 2.0×10⁻⁸ or less, or 1.0×10⁻⁸ or less, as measured bysurface plasmon resonance.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to mouse LAG-3 with a K_(D) of5.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 4.5×10⁻⁸ or less, 4.0×10⁻⁸ or less, 3.5×10⁻⁸ or less,or 3.0×10⁻⁸ or less, as measured by surface plasmon resonance.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may stimulate IL-2 production, e.g., fromSEB-stimulated PBMCs.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may reduce cellular and/or soluble levels ofLAG-3, e.g., in a human T cell line (such as a human T cell lineoverexpressing LAG-3).

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may induce tumor growth regression and/ordelay tumor growth in vivo.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may bind to a different epitope of human LAG-3than antibody 25F7-Lag3.5.

In some embodiments, any of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions described herein may activate T-cells, causing enhancedanti-tumor activity.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portiondescribed herein has at least one of the following properties:

-   a) at a concentration of 20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human    LAG-3 to human MHC class II on A375 cells by greater than 85%    compared to a negative control antibody as determined by a flow    cytometric competition assay;-   b) at a concentration of 20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human    LAG-3 to human MHC class II on A375 cells to between 35% and 85%    compared to a negative control antibody as determined by a flow    cytometric competition assay;-   c) blocks binding between human LAG-3 expressed on Jurkat cells and    human MHC class II expressed on Raji cells;-   d) binds to human LAG-3 with an EC50 of 0.1 nM or less as measured    by flow cytometry;-   e) binds to cynomolgus LAG-3 with an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less as    measured by flow cytometry;-   f) binds to human LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.0×10-8 or less as measured    by surface plasmon resonance;-   g) binds to cynomolgus LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 1.5×10-7 or less as    measured by surface plasmon resonance;-   h) binds to mouse LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.5×10-8 or less as measured    by surface plasmon resonance;-   i) stimulates IL-2 production in Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)    treated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs);-   j) reduces cellular levels of LAG-3 in human T cells;-   k) reduces soluble levels of LAG-3 in the culture of human T cells;-   l) induces tumor growth regression in vivo;-   m) delays tumor growth in vivo; and-   n) does not bind to the same epitope of human LAG-3 as antibody    25F7-Lag3.5.    Examples of such an antibody include, without limitation, antibody    15646 (having at least properties b, c, d, e, i, and n), antibody    15532 (having at least properties a, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, m, and    n), antibody 15723 (having at least properties b, c, d, e, i, and    n), antibody 15595 (having at least properties a, c, d, e, i, and    n), antibody 15431 (having at least properties a, c, d, e, f, g, i,    and n), antibody 15572 (having at least properties b, c, d, e, f, g,    i, and n), and antibody 15011 (having at least properties a, c, d,    e, f, g, h, i, j, k, I, m, and n). In some embodiments, the    anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion of the invention has    at least 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 of said    properties. In some embodiments, the anti-TIM-3 antibody or    antigen-binding portion of the invention has at least properties b,    c, d, e, i, and n; at least properties a, c, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, m,    and n; at least properties a, c, d, e, i, and n; at least properties    a, c, d, e, f, g, i, and n; at least properties b, c, d, e, f, g, i,    and n; or at least properties a, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, I, m,    and n.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionof the invention competes for binding to human LAG-3 with antibody15011, 15572, and/or 15431.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionof the invention binds to an epitope of human LAG-3 having:

-   a) amino acid residues H85, P86, A87, P89, S91, W92, and G93 of SEQ    ID NO: 68;-   b) amino acid residues A40, Q41, P43, P46, P49, D52, T62, Q64, H65,    Q66, P67, D68, G93, P94, P96, R98, Y99, T100, V101, P106, G107,    R119, E124, R129, G130, D131, S133, R137, P138, D143, R148, and R163    of SEQ ID NO: 68;-   c) amino acid residues A40, Q41, P43, P46, P49, D52, T62, Q64, H65,    Q66, P67, D68, P96, Y99, T100, V101, P106, G107, R119, E124, R129,    G130, D131, S133, R137, P138, D143, R148, and R163 of SEQ ID NO: 68;    or-   d) amino acid residues G107, L109, R110, and S111 of SEQ ID NO: 68.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionof the invention binds to an epitope having amino acid residues 98-105of SEQ ID NO: 68. Examples of such an antibody include, withoutlimitation, antibodies 15532, 15431, 15572, and 15011.

In some embodiments, the anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portionof the invention binds to an epitope having:

-   a) amino acid residues 78-105 and 123-131 of SEQ ID NO: 68;-   b) amino acid residues 23-30, 40-66, 88-105, 123-137, and 148-152 of    SEQ ID NO: 68; or-   c) amino acid residues 23-30, 40-66, 98-105, 118-137, and 148-161 of    SEQ ID NO: 68

In some embodiments, an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-bindingportion thereof as described herein is an anti-LAG-3 antibody orantigen-binding portion described in PCT Patent ApplicationPCT/EP2017/076188, which is incorporated by reference in its entiretyherein.

The class of an antibody described herein may be changed or switchedwith another class or subclass. In one aspect, a nucleic acid moleculeencoding VL or VH is isolated using methods well-known in the art suchthat it does not include nucleic acid sequences encoding CL or CH. Thenucleic acid molecules encoding VL or VH then are operatively linked toa nucleic acid sequence encoding a CL or CH, respectively, from adifferent class of immunoglobulin molecule. This may be achieved using avector or nucleic acid molecule that comprises a CL or CH chain, asdescribed above. For example, an antibody that was originally IgM may beclass switched to IgG. Further, the class switching may be used toconvert one IgG subclass to another, e.g., from IgG1 to IgG2. A K lightchain constant region can be changed, e.g., to a λ light chain constantregion. A preferred method for producing an antibody as described hereinwith a desired Ig isotype comprises the steps of isolating a nucleicacid molecule encoding the heavy chain of an antibody and a nucleic acidmolecule encoding the light chain of an antibody, obtaining the variabledomain of the heavy chain, ligating the variable domain of the heavychain with the constant region of a heavy chain of the desired isotype,expressing the light chain and the ligated heavy chain in a cell, andcollecting the antibody with the desired isotype.

An antibody described herein can be an IgG, an IgM, an IgE, an IgA, oran IgD molecule, but is typically of the IgG isotype, e.g. of IgGsubclass IgG1, IgG2a or IgG2b, IgG3 or IgG4. In one embodiment, theantibody is an IgG1. In another embodiment, the antibody is an IgG2.

In one embodiment, the antibody may comprise at least one mutation inthe Fc region. A number of different Fc mutations are known, where thesemutations provide altered effector function. For example, in many casesit will be desirable to reduce or eliminate effector function, e.g.,where ligand/receptor interactions are undesired or in the case ofantibody-drug conjugates.

In one embodiment, the antibody comprises at least one mutation in theFc region that reduces effector function. Fc region amino acid positionsthat may be advantageous to mutate in order to reduce effector functioninclude one or more of positions 228, 233, 234 and 235, where amino acidpositions are numbered according to the IMGT® numbering scheme.

In some embodiments, one or both of the amino acid residues at positions234 and 235 may be mutated, for example, from Leu to Ala (L234A/L235A).These mutations reduce effector function of the Fc region of IgG1antibodies. Additionally or alternatively, the amino acid residue atposition 228 may be mutated, for example to Pro. In some embodiments,the amino acid residue at position 233 may be mutated, e.g., to Pro, theamino acid residue at position 234 may be mutated, e.g., to Val, and/orthe amino acid residue at position 235 may be mutated, e.g., to Ala. Theamino acid positions are numbered according to the IMGT® numberingscheme.

In some embodiments, where the antibody is of the IgG4 subclass, it maycomprise the mutation S228P, i.e., having a proline in position 228,where the amino acid position is numbered according to the Eu IMGT®numbering scheme. This mutation is known to reduce undesired Fab armexchange (Angal et al., Mol Immunol. 30:105-8 (1993)).

In certain embodiments, an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereofas described herein may be part of a larger immunoadhesion molecule,formed by covalent or noncovalent association of the antibody orantibody portion with one or more other proteins or peptides. Examplesof such immunoadhesion molecules include use of the streptavidin coreregion to make a tetrameric scFv molecule (Kipriyanov et al., HumanAntibodies and Hybridomas 6:93-101 (1995)) and use of a cysteineresidue, a marker peptide and a C-terminal polyhistidine tag to makebivalent and biotinylated scFv molecules (Kipriyanov et al., Mol.Immunol. 31:1047-1058 (1994)). Other examples include where one or moreCDRs from an antibody are incorporated into a molecule either covalentlyor noncovalently to make it an immunoadhesin that specifically binds toan antigen of interest. In such embodiments, the CDR(s) may beincorporated as part of a larger polypeptide chain, may be covalentlylinked to another polypeptide chain, or may be incorporatednoncovalently.

In another embodiment, a fusion antibody or immunoadhesin may be madethat comprises all or a portion of an antibody described herein linkedto another polypeptide. In certain embodiments, only the variabledomains of the antibody are linked to the polypeptide. In certainembodiments, the VH domain of an antibody is linked to a firstpolypeptide, while the VL domain of an antibody is linked to a secondpolypeptide that associates with the first polypeptide in a manner suchthat the VH and VL domains can interact with one another to form anantigen-binding site. In another preferred embodiment, the VH domain isseparated from the VL domain by a linker such that the VH and VL domainscan interact with one another (e.g., single-chain antibodies). TheVH-linker-VL antibody is then linked to the polypeptide of interest. Inaddition, fusion antibodies can be created in which two (or more)single-chain antibodies are linked to one another. This is useful if onewants to create a divalent or polyvalent antibody on a singlepolypeptide chain, or if one wants to create a bi-specific antibody.

To create a single chain antibody (scFv), the VH- and VL-encoding DNAfragments are operatively linked to another fragment encoding a flexiblelinker, e.g., encoding the amino acid sequence (Gly4-Ser)3 (SEQ ID NO:396), such that the VH and VL sequences can be expressed as a contiguoussingle-chain protein, with the VL and VH domains joined by the flexiblelinker. See, e.g., Bird et al., Science 242:423-426 (1988); Huston etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:5879-5883 (1988); and McCafferty etal., Nature 348:552-554 (1990). The single chain antibody may bemonovalent, if only a single VH and VL are used; bivalent, if two VH andVL are used; or polyvalent, if more than two VH and VL are used.Bi-specific or polyvalent antibodies may be generated that bindspecifically to human PD-1, TIM-3, or LAG-3 and to another molecule, forinstance. In some embodiments, the bi-specific or polyvalent antibodiesmay bind to PD-1 and TIM-3, PD-1 and LAG-3, TIM-3 and LAG-3, or PD-1,TIM-3, and LAG-3.

In other embodiments, other modified antibodies may be prepared usingantibody-encoding nucleic acid molecules. For instance, “kappa bodies”(III et al., Protein Eng. 10:949-57 (1997)), “minibodies” (Martin etal., EMBO J. 13:5303-9 (1994)), “diabodies” (Holliger et al., Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:6444-6448 (1993)), or “Janusins” (Traunecker etal., EMBO J. 10:3655-3659 (1991) and Traunecker et al., Int. J. Cancer(Suppl.) 7:51-52 (1992)) may be prepared using standard molecularbiological techniques following the teachings of the specification.

An antibody or antigen-binding portion as described herein can bederivatized or linked to another molecule (e.g., another peptide orprotein). In general, the antibodies or portions thereof are derivatizedsuch that antigen binding is not affected adversely by thederivatization or labeling. Accordingly, the antibodies and antibodyportions that may be used in the combination therapies and compositionsof the invention are intended to include both intact and modified formsof the antibodies described herein. For example, an antibody or antibodyportion as described herein can be functionally linked (by chemicalcoupling, genetic fusion, noncovalent association or otherwise) to oneor more other molecular entities, such as another antibody (e.g., abi-specific antibody or a diabody), a detection agent, a pharmaceuticalagent, and/or a protein or peptide that can mediate association of theantibody or antibody portion with another molecule (such as astreptavidin core region or a polyhistidine tag).

One type of derivatized antibody is produced by crosslinking two or moreantibodies (of the same type or of different types, e.g., to createbi-specific antibodies). Suitable crosslinkers include those that areheterobifunctional, having two distinctly reactive groups separated byan appropriate spacer (e.g., m-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimideester) or homobifunctional (e.g., disuccinimidyl suberate). Such linkersare available, e.g., from Pierce Chemical Company, Rockford, Ill.

An antibody can also be derivatized with a chemical group such aspolyethylene glycol (PEG), a methyl or ethyl group, or a carbohydrategroup. These groups may be useful to improve the biologicalcharacteristics of the antibody, e.g., to increase serum half-life.

An antibody as described herein may also be labeled. As used herein, theterms “label” or “labeled” refer to incorporation of another molecule inthe antibody. In one embodiment, the label is a detectable marker, e.g.,incorporation of a radiolabeled amino acid or attachment to apolypeptide of biotinyl moieties that can be detected by marked avidin(e.g., streptavidin containing a fluorescent marker or enzymaticactivity that can be detected by optical or colorimetric methods). Inanother embodiment, the label or marker can be therapeutic, e.g., a drugconjugate or toxin. Various methods of labeling polypeptides andglycoproteins are known in the art and may be used. Examples of labelsfor polypeptides include, but are not limited to, the following:radioisotopes or radionuclides (e.g., 3H, 14C, 15N, 35S, 90Y, 99Tc,111In, 125I, 131I), fluorescent labels (e.g., FITC, rhodamine,lanthanide phosphors), enzymatic labels (e.g., horseradish peroxidase,β-galactosidase, luciferase, alkaline phosphatase), chemiluminescentmarkers, biotinyl groups, predetermined polypeptide epitopes recognizedby a secondary reporter (e.g., leucine zipper pair sequences, bindingsites for secondary antibodies, metal binding domains, epitope tags),magnetic agents, such as gadolinium chelates, toxins such as pertussistoxin, taxol, cytochalasin B, gramicidin D, ethidium bromide, emetine,mitomycin, etoposide, tenoposide, vincristine, vinblastine, colchicine,doxorubicin, daunorubicin, dihydroxy anthracin dione, mitoxantrone,mithramycin, actinomycin D, 1-dehydrotestosterone, glucocorticoids,procaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, propranolol, and puromycin and analogsor homologs thereof. In some embodiments, labels are attached by spacerarms of various lengths to reduce potential steric hindrance.

In certain embodiments, the antibodies described herein may be presentin a neutral form (including zwitter ionic forms) or as a positively ornegatively-charged species. In some embodiments, the antibodies may becomplexed with a counterion to form a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” refers to a complexcomprising one or more antibodies and one or more counterions, whereinthe counterions are derived from pharmaceutically acceptable inorganicand organic acids and bases.

Combination Therapies

The present invention provides a combination therapy (e.g., acomposition) that comprises any (e.g., any one) of the anti-PD-1antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof described herein and any(e.g., any one) of the anti-TIM-3 antibodies or antigen-binding portionsthereof described herein. In some embodiments, the combination therapycomprises any (e.g., any one) of the anti-PD-1 antibodies orantigen-binding portions thereof described herein and any (e.g., anyone) of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereofdescribed herein. In some embodiments, the combination therapy comprisesany (e.g., any one) of the anti-TIM-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions thereof described herein and any (e.g., any one) of theanti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof describedherein. In particular embodiments, the combination therapy comprises any(e.g., any one) of the anti-PD-1 antibodies or antigen-binding portionsthereof described herein, any (e.g., any one) of the anti-TIM-3antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof described herein, and any(e.g., any one) of the anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-binding portionsthereof described herein. The combination therapy may take the form of,e.g., a method for treatment using said antibodies or antigen-bindingportions or a pharmaceutical composition comprising said antibodies orantigen-binding portions.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 and anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145. In certain embodiments, the combination therapy orcomposition of the invention comprises anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 andanti-LAG-3 antibody 15532.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises anti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145, and anti-LAG-3 antibody 15532.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises:

-   -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ        ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the H-CDR1-3 and        L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the VH and VL amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226        and 227, respectively; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the VH and VL amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; or    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379;        and an anti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the        amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises:

-   -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ        ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the H-CDR1-3 and        L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323,        respectively;    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the VH and VL amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226        and 227, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the VH and VL amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively; or    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379;        and an anti-LAG-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the        amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises:

-   -   an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ        ID NOs: 8-13, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the H-CDR1-3 and        L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323,        respectively;    -   an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the VH and VL amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7        and 4, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the VH and VL amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively; or    -   an anti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises        the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an        anti-LAG-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

In certain embodiments, the combination therapy or composition of theinvention comprises:

-   -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ        ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the H-CDR1-3 and        L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively;        and an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 amino acid sequences of SEQ        ID NOs: 318-323, respectively;    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the VH and VL amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226        and 227, respectively; an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an        antigen-binding portion thereof comprising the VH and VL amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; and an        anti-LAG-3 antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof        comprising the VH and VL amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316        and 317, respectively; or    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379;        an anti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises        the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an        anti-LAG-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino        acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 375 and an LC that        comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 317 and 378.

In some embodiments, any or all of the antibodies in the combinationtherapy or composition may be an IgG, for example, IgG1 or IgG2.

Multi-Specific Binding Molecules

In a further aspect, the invention provides a multi-specific bindingmolecule having the binding specificity (e.g., comprising theantigen-binding portions, such as antigen-binding portions comprisingthe six CDRs) of:

-   -   an anti-PD-1 antibody as described herein and an anti-TIM-3        antibody as described herein;    -   an anti-PD-1 antibody as described herein and an anti-LAG-3        antibody as described herein; or    -   an anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein and an anti-LAG-3        antibody as described herein.        In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1 antibody, anti-TIM-3        antibody, and/or anti-LAG-3 antibody are selected from the        antibodies described herein. In certain embodiments, the        multi-specific binding molecule has the binding specificity of        an anti-PD-1 antibody described herein, an anti-TIM-3 antibody        described herein, and an anti-LAG-3 antibody described herein.        Multi-specific binding molecules are known in the art, and        examples of different types of multi-specific binding molecules        are given elsewhere herein. Such multi-specific (e.g.,        bi-specific or trispecific) binding molecules are encompassed by        the combination therapies of the invention.

In a further aspect, the invention provides combination therapy with twoor more of a bi-specific binding molecule targeting PD-1, a bi-specificmolecule targeting TIM-3, and a bi-specific binding molecule targetingLAG-3. A bi-specific binding molecule targeting PD-1, TIM-3, or LAG-3may have the binding specificity of an antibody targeting said antigenas described herein and the binding specificity of another antibodytargeting the same antigen (e.g., another antibody as described herein)or an antibody that targets a different protein, such as another immunecheckpoint protein, a cancer antigen, or another cell surface moleculewhose activity mediates a disease condition such as cancer. Suchbi-specific binding molecules are known in the art, and examples ofdifferent types of bi-specific binding molecules are given elsewhereherein.

Nucleic Acid Molecules and Vectors

Also described are nucleic acid molecules and sequences encodinganti-PD-1, anti-TIM-3, and/or anti-LAG-3 antibodies or antigen-bindingportions thereof described herein. In some embodiments, differentnucleic acid molecules encode the heavy chain and light chain amino acidsequences of the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof,anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, or anti-LAG-3antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof. In other embodiments, thesame nucleic acid molecule encodes the heavy chain and light chain aminoacid sequences of the anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portionthereof, anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, oranti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof.

A reference to a nucleotide sequence encompasses its complement unlessotherwise specified. Thus, a reference to a nucleic acid having aparticular sequence should be understood to encompass its complementarystrand, with its complementary sequence. The term “polynucleotide” asreferred to herein means a polymeric form of nucleotides of at least 10bases in length, either ribonucleotides or deoxynucleotides or amodified form of either type of nucleotide. The term includes single anddouble stranded forms.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide sequences are at least 70%, 75%,80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 98% or 99% identical to one or more nucleotidesequences recited herein, e.g., to a nucleotide sequence encoding anamino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1,2, 5, 6, 14, 15, 24, 25, 34, 35, 44, 45, 54, 55, 64, 65, 74, 75, 84, 85,94, 95, 104, 105, 114, 115, 124, 125, 134, 135, 144, 145, 154, 155, 164,165, 174, 175, 184, 185, 194, 195, 204, 205, 214, 215, 224, 225, 234,235, 244, 245, 254, 255, 264, 265, 274, 275, 284, 285, 294, 295, 304,305, 314, 315, 324, 325, 334, 335, 344, 345, 354, 355, 364, 365 or 391.The term “percent sequence identity” in the context of nucleic acidsequences refers to the residues in two sequences that are the same whenaligned for maximum correspondence. The length of sequence identitycomparison may be over a stretch of at least about nine nucleotides,usually at least about 18 nucleotides, more usually at least about 24nucleotides, typically at least about 28 nucleotides, more typically atleast about 32 nucleotides, and preferably at least about 36, 48 or morenucleotides. There are a number of different algorithms known in the artwhich can be used to measure nucleotide sequence identity. For instance,polynucleotide sequences can be compared using FASTA, Gap or Bestfit,which are programs in Wisconsin Package Version 10.0, Genetics ComputerGroup (GCG), Madison, Wis. FASTA, which includes, e.g., the programsFASTA2 and FASTA3, provides alignments and percent sequence identity ofthe regions of the best overlap between the query and search sequences(see, e.g., Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 183:63-98 (1990); Pearson, MethodsMol. Biol. 132:185-219 (2000); Pearson, Methods Enzymol. 266:227-258(1996); and Pearson, J. Mol. Biol. 276:71-84 (1998); incorporated hereinby reference). Unless otherwise specified, default parameters for aparticular program or algorithm are used. For instance, percent sequenceidentity between nucleic acid sequences can be determined using FASTAwith its default parameters (a word size of 6 and the NOPAM factor forthe scoring matrix) or using Gap with its default parameters as providedin GCG Version 6.1, incorporated herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the nucleic acid molecule comprising one or morenucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 2, 5, 6, 14, 15, 24, 25, 34, 35, 44, 45, 54, 55, 64, 65, 74, 75, 84,85, 94, 95, 104, 105, 114, 115, 124, 125, 134, 135, 144, 145, 154, 155,164, 165, 174, 175, 184, 185, 194, 195, 204, 205, 214, 215, 224, 225,234, 235, 244, 245, 254, 255, 264, 265, 274, 275, 284, 285, 294, 295,304, 305, 314, 315, 324, 325, 334, 335, 344, 345, 354, 355, 364, 365 or391.

In any of the above embodiments, the nucleic acid molecules may beisolated. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the heavy and/or light chainof an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof described herein canbe isolated from any source that produces such an antibody or portion.In various embodiments, the nucleic acid molecules are isolated from Bcells that express an antibody isolated from an animal immunized with aPD-1, TIM-3, or LAG-3 antigen, or from an immortalized cell producedfrom such a B cell. Methods of isolating nucleic acids encoding anantibody are well-known in the art. mRNA may be isolated and used toproduce cDNA for use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or cDNA cloningof antibody genes. In certain embodiments, a nucleic acid molecule asdescribed herein can be synthesized rather than isolated.

In some embodiments, a nucleic acid molecule as described herein cancomprise a nucleotide sequence encoding a VH domain from an antibody orantigen-binding portion described herein joined in-frame to a nucleotidesequence encoding a heavy chain constant region from any source.Similarly, a nucleic acid molecule of as described herein can comprise anucleotide sequence encoding a VL domain from an antibody orantigen-binding portion described herein joined in-frame to a nucleotidesequence encoding a light chain constant region from any source.

In a further aspect, nucleic acid molecules encoding the variable domainof the heavy (VH) and/or light (VL) chains may be “converted” tofull-length antibody genes. In one embodiment, nucleic acid moleculesencoding the VH or VL domains are converted to full-length antibodygenes by insertion into an expression vector already encoding heavychain constant (CH) or light chain constant (CL) regions, respectively,such that the VH segment is operatively linked to the CH segment(s)within the vector, and/or the VL segment is operatively linked to the CLsegment within the vector. In another embodiment, nucleic acid moleculesencoding the VH and/or VL domains are converted into full-lengthantibody genes by linking, e.g., ligating, a nucleic acid moleculeencoding a VH and/or VL domains to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a CHand/or CL region using standard molecular biological techniques. Nucleicacid molecules encoding the full-length heavy and/or light chains maythen be expressed from a cell into which they have been introduced andthe antibody isolated.

The nucleic acid molecules may be used to recombinantly express largequantities of antibodies. The nucleic acid molecules also may be used toproduce chimeric antibodies, bi-specific antibodies, single chainantibodies, immunoadhesins, diabodies, mutated antibodies and antibodyderivatives, as described herein.

Also described herein is a vector suitable for expressing one or both ofthe chains of an anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof,an anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, and/or ananti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, as describedherein. The term “vector”, as used herein, means a nucleic acid moleculecapable of transporting another nucleic acid to which it has beenlinked. In some embodiments, the vector is a plasmid, i.e., a circulardouble stranded piece of DNA into which additional DNA segments may beligated. In some embodiments, the vector is a viral vector, whereinadditional DNA segments may be ligated into the viral genome. In someembodiments, the vectors are capable of autonomous replication in a hostcell into which they are introduced (e.g., bacterial vectors having abacterial origin of replication and episomal mammalian vectors). Inother embodiments, the vectors (e.g., non-episomal mammalian vectors)can be integrated into the genome of a host cell upon introduction intothe host cell, and thereby are replicated along with the host genome.Moreover, certain vectors are capable of directing the expression ofgenes to which they are operatively linked. Such vectors are referred toherein as “recombinant expression vectors” (or simply, “expressionvectors”).

In some embodiments, the vectors comprise nucleic acid molecules thatencode the heavy chain, the light chain, or both the heavy and lightchains, of an antibody described herein or an antigen-binding portionthereof. In some embodiments, the vectors comprise nucleic acidmolecules encoding fusion proteins, modified antibodies, antibodyfragments, and probes thereof.

In some embodiments, the anti-PD-1, anti-TIM-3, or anti-LAG-3 antibodiesor antigen-binding portions thereof are expressed by inserting DNAsencoding partial or full-length light and heavy chains, obtained asdescribed above, into expression vectors such that the genes areoperatively linked to necessary expression control sequences such astranscriptional and translational control sequences. Expression vectorsinclude plasmids, retroviruses, adenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses(AAV), plant viruses such as cauliflower mosaic virus, tobacco mosaicvirus, cosmids, YACs, EBV derived episomes, and the like. The antibodycoding sequence may be ligated into a vector such that transcriptionaland translational control sequences within the vector serve theirintended function of regulating the transcription and translation of theantibody coding sequence. The expression vector and expression controlsequences may be chosen to be compatible with the expression host cellused. The antibody light chain coding sequence and the antibody heavychain coding sequence can be inserted into separate vectors, and may beoperatively linked to the same or different expression control sequences(e.g., promoters). In one embodiment, both coding sequences are insertedinto the same expression vector, and may be operatively linked to thesame expression control sequences (e.g., a common promoter), to separateidentical expression control sequences (e.g., promoters), or todifferent expression control sequences (e.g., promoters). The antibodycoding sequences may be inserted into the expression vector by standardmethods (e.g., ligation of complementary restriction sites on theantibody gene fragment and vector, or blunt end ligation if norestriction sites are present).

A convenient vector is one that encodes a functionally complete human CHor CL immunoglobulin sequence, with appropriate restriction sitesengineered so that any VH or VL sequence can easily be inserted andexpressed, as described above. The HC- and LC-encoding genes in suchvectors may contain intron sequences that will result in enhancedoverall antibody protein yields by stabilizing the related mRNA. Theintron sequences are flanked by splice donor and splice acceptor sites,which determine where RNA splicing will occur. Location of intronsequences can be either in variable or constant regions of the antibodychains, or in both variable and constant regions when multiple intronsare used. Polyadenylation and transcription termination may occur atnative chromosomal sites downstream of the coding regions. Therecombinant expression vector also can encode a signal peptide thatfacilitates secretion of the antibody chain from a host cell. Theantibody chain gene may be cloned into the vector such that the signalpeptide is linked in-frame to the amino terminus of the immunoglobulinchain. The signal peptide can be an immunoglobulin signal peptide or aheterologous signal peptide (i.e., a signal peptide from anon-immunoglobulin protein).

In addition to the antibody chain genes, the recombinant expressionvectors may carry regulatory sequences that control the expression ofthe antibody chain genes in a host cell. It will be appreciated by thoseskilled in the art that the design of the expression vector, includingthe selection of regulatory sequences, may depend on such factors as thechoice of the host cell to be transformed, the level of expression ofprotein desired, etc. Preferred regulatory sequences for mammalian hostcell expression include viral elements that direct high levels ofprotein expression in mammalian cells, such as promoters and/orenhancers derived from retroviral LTRs, cytomegalovirus (CMV) (such asthe CMV promoter/enhancer), Simian Virus 40 (SV40) (such as the SV40promoter/enhancer), adenovirus, (e.g., the adenovirus major latepromoter (AdMLP)), polyoma and strong mammalian promoters such as nativeimmunoglobulin and actin promoters. For further description of viralregulatory elements, and sequences thereof, see e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.5,168,062, 4,510,245 and 4,968,615. Methods for expressing antibodies inplants, including a description of promoters and vectors, as well astransformation of plants, are known in the art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.6,517,529. Methods of expressing polypeptides in bacterial cells orfungal cells, e.g., yeast cells, are also well known in the art.

In addition to the antibody chain genes and regulatory sequences, therecombinant expression vectors may carry additional sequences, such assequences that regulate replication of the vector in host cells (e.g.,origins of replication) and selectable marker genes. The selectablemarker gene facilitates selection of host cells into which the vectorhas been introduced (see e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,399,216, 4,634,665 and5,179,017). For example, typically the selectable marker gene confersresistance to drugs, such as G418, hygromycin or methotrexate, on a hostcell into which the vector has been introduced. For example, selectablemarker genes include the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) gene (for use indhfr-host cells with methotrexate selection/amplification), the neo gene(for G418 selection), and the glutamate synthetase gene.

The term “expression control sequence” as used herein meanspolynucleotide sequences that are necessary to effect the expression andprocessing of coding sequences to which they are ligated. Expressioncontrol sequences include appropriate transcription initiation,termination, promoter and enhancer sequences; efficient RNA processingsignals such as splicing and polyadenylation signals; sequences thatstabilize cytoplasmic mRNA; sequences that enhance translationefficiency (i.e., Kozak consensus sequence); sequences that enhanceprotein stability; and when desired, sequences that enhance proteinsecretion. The nature of such control sequences differs depending uponthe host organism; in prokaryotes, such control sequences generallyinclude promoter, ribosomal binding site, and transcription terminationsequence; in eukaryotes, generally, such control sequences includepromoters and transcription termination sequence. The term “controlsequences” is intended to include, at a minimum, all components whosepresence is essential for expression and processing, and can alsoinclude additional components whose presence is advantageous, forexample, leader sequences and fusion partner sequences.

Host Cells and Methods of Antibody and Antibody Composition Production

Also described are methods for producing the combination therapies(e.g., compositions) of the invention. One embodiment relates to amethod for producing antibodies as described herein, comprisingproviding recombinant host cells capable of expressing the antibodies,culturing said host cells under conditions suitable for expression ofthe antibodies, and isolating the resulting antibodies. Antibodiesproduced by such expression in such recombinant host cells are referredto herein as “recombinant antibodies.” Also described are progeny cellsof such host cells, and antibodies produced by same.

The term “recombinant host cell” (or simply “host cell”), as usedherein, means a cell into which a recombinant expression vector has beenintroduced. The host cell may comprise, e.g., one or more vectors asdescribed herein. The host cells may comprise, e.g., a nucleotidesequence encoding the heavy chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,a nucleotide sequence encoding the light chain or an antigen-bindingportion thereof, or both, of an anti-PD-1, anti-TIM-3, and/or anti-LAG-3antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein. Itshould be understood that “recombinant host cell” and “host cell” meannot only the particular subject cell but also the progeny of such acell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generationsdue to either mutation or environmental influences, such progeny maynot, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still includedwithin the scope of the term “host cell” as used herein.

Nucleic acid molecules encoding anti-PD-1, anti-TIM-3, and/or anti-LAG-3antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof and vectors comprisingthese nucleic acid molecules can be used for transfection of a suitablemammalian, plant, bacterial or yeast host cell. Transformation can be byany known method for introducing polynucleotides into a host cell.Methods for introduction of heterologous polynucleotides into mammaliancells are well known in the art and include dextran-mediatedtransfection, calcium phosphate precipitation, polybrene-mediatedtransfection, protoplast fusion, electroporation, encapsulation of thepolynucleotide(s) in liposomes, and direct microinjection of the DNAinto nuclei. In addition, nucleic acid molecules may be introduced intomammalian cells by viral vectors. Methods of transforming cells are wellknown in the art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,399,216, 4,912,040,4,740,461, and 4,959,455. Methods of transforming plant cells are wellknown in the art, including, e.g., Agrobacterium-mediatedtransformation, biolistic transformation, direct injection,electroporation and viral transformation. Methods of transformingbacterial and yeast cells are also well known in the art.

Mammalian cell lines available as hosts for expression are well known inthe art and include many immortalized cell lines available from theAmerican Type Culture Collection (ATCC). These include, inter alia,Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, NSO cells, SP2 cells, HEK-293T cells,293 Freestyle cells (Invitrogen), NIH-3T3 cells, HeLa cells, babyhamster kidney (BHK) cells, African green monkey kidney cells (COS),human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (e.g., Hep G2), A549 cells, and anumber of other cell lines. Cell lines of particular preference areselected by determining which cell lines have high expression levels.Other cell lines that may be used are insect cell lines, such as Sf9 orSf21 cells. When recombinant expression vectors encoding antibody genesare introduced into mammalian host cells, the antibodies are produced byculturing the host cells for a period of time sufficient to allow forexpression of the antibody in the host cells or, more preferably,secretion of the antibody into the culture medium in which the hostcells are grown. Antibodies can be recovered from the culture mediumusing standard protein purification methods. Plant host cells include,e.g., Nicotiana, Arabidopsis, duckweed, corn, wheat, potato, etc.Bacterial host cells include E. coli and Streptomyces species. Yeasthost cells include Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiaeand Pichia pastoris.

Further, expression of antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof asdescribed herein from production cell lines can be enhanced using anumber of known techniques. For example, the glutamine synthetase geneexpression system (the GS system) is a common approach for enhancingexpression under certain conditions. The GS system is discussed in wholeor part in connection with EP Patents 0 216 846, 0 256 055, 0 323 997and 0 338 841.

It is likely that antibodies expressed by different cell lines or intransgenic animals will have different glycosylation patterns from eachother. However, all antibodies encoded by the nucleic acid moleculesprovided herein, or comprising the amino acid sequences provided herein,are part of the instant invention, regardless of the glycosylation stateof the antibodies, and more generally, regardless of the presence orabsence of post-translational modification(s).

In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method for producing anantibody composition comprising an anti-PD-1 antibody and an anti-TIM-3antibody, the method comprising:

-   -   providing first and second host cells, wherein the first host        cell is capable of expressing an anti-PD-1 antibody as described        herein and the second host cell is capable of expressing an        anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein,    -   cultivating the first and second and host cells under conditions        suitable for expression of the anti-PD-1 antibody and the        anti-TIM-3 antibody, and    -   isolating the resulting antibodies.

In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method for producing anantibody composition comprising an anti-PD-1 antibody and an anti-LAG-3antibody, the method comprising:

-   -   providing first and second host cells, wherein the first host        cell is capable of expressing an anti-PD-1 antibody as described        herein and the second host cell is capable of expressing an        anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein,    -   cultivating the first and second host cells under conditions        suitable for expression of the anti-PD-1 antibody and the        anti-LAG-3 antibody, and    -   isolating the resulting antibodies.

In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method for producing anantibody composition comprising an anti-TIM-3 antibody and an anti-LAG-3antibody, the method comprising:

-   -   providing first and second host cells, wherein the first host        cell is capable of expressing an anti-TIM-3 antibody as        described herein and the second host cell is capable of        expressing an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein,    -   cultivating the first and second host cells under conditions        suitable for expression of the anti-TIM-3 antibody and the        anti-LAG-3 antibody, and    -   isolating the resulting antibodies.

In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method for producing anantibody composition comprising an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-TIM-3antibody, and an anti-LAG-3 antibody, the method comprising:

-   -   providing first, second, and third host cells, wherein the first        host cell is capable of expressing an anti-PD-1 antibody as        described herein, the second host cell is capable of expressing        an anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein, and the third host        cell is capable of expressing an anti-LAG-3 antibody as        described herein,    -   cultivating the first, second, and third host cells under        conditions suitable for expression of the anti-PD-1 antibody,        the anti-TIM-3 antibody, and the anti-LAG-3 antibody, and    -   isolating the resulting antibodies.

For production of an antibody composition of the invention, theantibodies directed to different targets may be produced separately,i.e., each antibody being produced in a separate bioreactor, or theindividual antibodies may be produced together in a single bioreactor.If the antibody composition is produced in more than one bioreactor, thepurified antibody composition can be obtained by pooling the antibodiesobtained from individually purified supernatants from each bioreactor.Various approaches for production of a polyclonal antibody compositionin multiple bioreactors, where the cell lines or antibody preparationsare combined at a later point upstream or prior to or during downstreamprocessing, are described in PCT Publication WO 2009/129814.

In the case of producing individual antibodies in a single bioreactor,this may be performed, e.g., as described in PCT Publication WO2004/061104 or WO 2008/145133. The method described in WO 2004/061104 isbased on site-specific integration of the antibody coding sequence intothe genome of the individual host cells, while the method of WO2008/145133 involves an alternative approach using random integration toproduce antibodies in a single bioreactor.

Further information regarding methods suitable for preparing theantibody compositions of the invention may be found in PCT PublicationsWO 2012/059857 and WO 2013/164689.

The present invention also provides a polyclonal cell line thatproduces:

-   -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein; or    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein, at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or        antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein, and at        least one anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof        as described herein.

The present invention also provides a method for producing the abovepolyclonal cell line, comprising providing host cells that each comprisea nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an antigen-bindingportion thereof and a nucleotide sequence that encodes the light chainor an antigen-binding portion thereof of at least one of the antibodiesor portions produced by the polyclonal cell line.

The present invention also provide host cells comprising:

-   -   a nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-PD-1 antibody as described herein, and a        nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein;    -   a nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-PD-1 antibody as described herein; and a        nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein;    -   a nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein; and a        nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein; or    -   a nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-PD-1 antibody as described herein; a        nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-TIM-3 antibody as described herein; and a        nucleotide sequence that encodes the heavy chain or an        antigen-binding portion thereof, a nucleotide sequence that        encodes the light chain or an antigen-binding portion thereof,        or both, of an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described herein.

Pharmaceutical Compositions

Another aspect of the invention is a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising as active ingredients (e.g., as the sole active ingredients):

-   -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein; or    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein, at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or        antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein, and at        least one anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof        as described herein.        In some aspects, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a        multi-specific binding molecule (e.g., a multi-specific binding        molecule that has the binding specificity of an anti-PD-1        antibody as described herein and an anti-TIM-3 or anti-LAG-3        antibody as described herein; or an anti-PD1 antibody, an        anti-TIM-3 antibody, and an anti-LAG-3 antibody as described        herein).

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition may further compriseone or more additional antibodies that target one or more relevant cellsurface receptors, e.g., one or more cancer-relevant receptors.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is intended foramelioration, prevention, and/or treatment of a disorder, disease, orcondition that improves, or slows down in its progression, by modulationof PD-1, TIM-3, and/or LAG-3. In some embodiments, the pharmaceuticalcomposition is intended for amelioration, prevention, and/or treatmentof cancer. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition isintended for activation of the immune system.

The ratio between the antibodies of antigen-binding portions thereof ina pharmaceutical composition of the invention (or of individualantibodies or portions described herein being administeredsimultaneously, sequentially or separately) will often be such that theantibodies are administered in equal amounts, but this need notnecessarily be the case. Thus, a composition of the invention comprisingan anti-PD-1 antibody and an anti-TIM-3 antibody, an anti-PD-1 antibodyand an anti-LAG-3 antibody, or an anti-TIM-3 antibody and an anti-LAG-3antibody may contain said antibodies in approximately a 1:1 ratio. Acomposition of the invention comprising an anti-PD-1 antibody, ananti-TIM-3 antibody, and an anti-LAG-3 antibody may contain saidantibodies in approximately a 1:1:1: ratio (i.e., in equal amounts).Depending on the characteristics of the individual antibodies, however,it may be desirable to use non-equal amounts of the differentantibodies. Suitable ratios for the different antibodies in compositionsof the invention may be determined as described in PCT Publication WO2010/040356, which describes methods for identifying and selecting theoptimal stoichiometric ratio between chemical entities in acombinatorial drug product, e.g. a polyclonal antibody composition, toobtain a combinatorial drug with optimal potency and efficacy.

Generally, the pharmaceutical compositions described herein are suitableto be administered as a formulation in association with one or morepharmaceutically acceptable excipient(s), e.g., as described below.

The term “excipient” is used herein to describe any ingredient otherthan the compound(s) of the invention. The choice of excipient(s) willto a large extent depend on factors such as the particular mode ofadministration, the effect of the excipient on solubility and stability,and the nature of the dosage form. As used herein, “pharmaceuticallyacceptable excipient” includes any and all solvents, dispersion media,coatings, antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorptiondelaying agents, and the like that are physiologically compatible. Someexamples of pharmaceutically acceptable excipients are water, saline,phosphate buffered saline, dextrose, glycerol, ethanol and the like, aswell as combinations thereof. In many cases, it will be preferable toinclude isotonic agents, for example, sugars, polyalcohols such asmannitol, sorbitol, or sodium chloride in the composition. Additionalexamples of pharmaceutically acceptable substances are wetting agents orminor amounts of auxiliary substances such as wetting or emulsifyingagents, preservatives or buffers, which enhance the shelf life oreffectiveness of the antibody.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention and methods fortheir preparation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.Such compositions and methods for their preparation may be found, forexample, in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 19th Edition (MackPublishing Company, 1995). Pharmaceutical compositions are preferablymanufactured under GMP (good manufacturing practices) conditions.

A pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be prepared, packaged,or sold in bulk, as a single unit dose, or as a plurality of single unitdoses. As used herein, a “unit dose” is a discrete amount of thepharmaceutical composition comprising a predetermined amount of theactive ingredient. The amount of the active ingredient is generallyequal to the dosage of the active ingredient which would be administeredto a subject or a convenient fraction of such a dosage such as, forexample, one-half or one-third of such a dosage.

Any method for administering peptides, proteins or antibodies acceptedin the art may suitably be employed for the antibodies andantigen-binding portions described herein.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are typically suitablefor parenteral administration. As used herein, “parenteraladministration” of a pharmaceutical composition includes any route ofadministration characterized by physical breaching of a tissue of asubject and administration of the pharmaceutical composition through thebreach in the tissue, thus generally resulting in the directadministration into the blood stream, into muscle, or into an internalorgan. Parenteral administration thus includes, but is not limited to,administration of a pharmaceutical composition by injection of thecomposition, by application of the composition through a surgicalincision, by application of the composition through a tissue-penetratingnon-surgical wound, and the like. In particular, parenteraladministration is contemplated to include, but is not limited to,subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, intrasternal, intravenous,intraarterial, intrathecal, intraventricular, intraurethral,intracranial, intratumoral, and intrasynovial injection or infusions;and kidney dialytic infusion techniques. Regional perfusion is alsocontemplated. Particular embodiments include the intravenous and thesubcutaneous routes.

Formulations of a pharmaceutical composition suitable for parenteraladministration typically comprise the active ingredient combined with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier, such as sterile water or sterileisotonic saline. Such formulations may be prepared, packaged, or sold ina form suitable for bolus administration or for continuousadministration. Injectable formulations may be prepared, packaged, orsold in unit dosage form, such as in ampoules or in multi-dosecontainers containing a preservative. Formulations for parenteraladministration include, but are not limited to, suspensions, solutions,emulsions in oily or aqueous vehicles, pastes, and the like. Suchformulations may further comprise one or more additional ingredientsincluding, but not limited to, suspending, stabilizing, or dispersingagents. In one embodiment of a formulation for parenteraladministration, the active ingredient is provided in dry (i.e., powderor granular) form for reconstitution with a suitable vehicle (e.g.,sterile pyrogen-free water) prior to parenteral administration of thereconstituted composition. Parenteral formulations also include aqueoussolutions which may contain excipients such as salts, carbohydrates andbuffering agents (preferably to a pH of from 3 to 9), but, for someapplications, they may be more suitably formulated as a sterilenon-aqueous solution or as a dried form to be used in conjunction with asuitable vehicle such as sterile, pyrogen-free water. Exemplaryparenteral administration forms include solutions or suspensions insterile aqueous solutions, for example, aqueous propylene glycol ordextrose solutions. Such dosage forms can be suitably buffered, ifdesired. Other parentally-administrable formulations which are usefulinclude those which comprise the active ingredient in microcrystallineform, or in a liposomal preparation. Formulations for parenteraladministration may be formulated to be immediate and/or modifiedrelease. Modified release formulations include delayed-, sustained-,pulsed-, controlled-, targeted and programmed release.

For example, in one aspect, sterile injectable solutions can be preparedby incorporating the compositions in the required amount in anappropriate solvent with one or a combination of ingredients enumeratedabove, as required, followed by filtered sterilization. Generally,dispersions are prepared by incorporating the active compound into asterile vehicle that contains a basic dispersion medium and the requiredother ingredients from those enumerated above. In the case of sterilepowders for the preparation of sterile injectable solutions, thepreferred methods of preparation are vacuum drying and freeze-dryingthat yields a powder of the active ingredient plus any additionaldesired ingredient from a previously sterile-filtered solution thereof.The proper fluidity of a solution can be maintained, for example, by theuse of a coating such as lecithin, by the maintenance of the requiredparticle size in the case of dispersion and by the use of surfactants.Prolonged absorption of injectable compositions can be brought about byincluding in the composition an agent that delays absorption, forexample, monostearate salts and gelatin, and/or by usingmodified-release coatings (e.g., slow-release coatings).

Therapeutic Uses of Combination Therapies and Compositions of theInvention

In one aspect, the combination therapies and compositions of theinvention are used to enhance or activate the immune system in a patient(e.g., a human) in need thereof. In some embodiments, the patient isimmune-suppressed. In some embodiments, a physician can boost theanti-cancer activity of a patient's own immune system by administering acombination therapy or composition of the present invention, alone or incombination with other therapeutic agents (sequentially orconcurrently). The combination therapy or composition modulates theactivity of PD-1, TIM-3, and/or LAG-3 in immune cells, resulting inenhancement of anti-cancer immunity. In certain embodiments, thecombination therapies and compositions of the invention are for use inthe treatment of cancer, e.g., cancers that originate in tissues such asskin, lung, intestine, colon, ovary, brain, prostate, kidney, softtissues, the hematopoietic system, head and neck, liver, bladder,breast, stomach, uterus and pancreas, and any cancers or otherconditions which rely on PD-1, TIM-3, and/or LAG-3 activity and/or inwhich the patient expresses or overexpresses a ligand of any of these.

In some embodiments, cancers treated by the combination therapies andcompositions of the invention may include, e.g., melanoma (e.g.,advanced or metastatic melanoma), non-small cell lung cancer, head andneck squamous cell cancer, renal cell carcinoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma,non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, glioblastoma, glioma, squamous cell lung cancer,small-cell lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, bladder cancer, upperurinary tract cancer, esophageal cancer, gastroesophageal junctioncancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, colorectalcarcinoma, multiple myeloma, sarcomas, acute myeloid leukemia, chronicmyeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, nasopharyngeal cancer,chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, smalllymphocytic lymphoma, ovarian cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, primaryperitoneal cancer, fallopian tube cancer, urothelial cancer,HTLV-associated T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, prostate cancer, genitourinarycancer, meningioma, adrenocortical cancer, gliosarcoma, fibrosarcoma,kidney cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer,skin basal cell cancer, cancer of the appendix, biliary tract cancer,salivary gland cancer, advanced Merkel cell cancer, diffuse large B celllymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mesothelioma, neuroendocrine tumors,urological cancer, bone cancer, thoracic cancer, respiratory tractcancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, cervical cancer, astrocytoma,chordoma, neuroblastoma, oral cavity cancer, cutaneous squamous cellcarcinoma, thyroid cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, anal cancer, gallbladdercancer, thymic cancer, uterine cancer, and solid tumors. The cancer maybe, e.g., at an early, intermediate, advanced, or metastatic stage.

In particular embodiments, cancers treated by the combination therapiesand compositions of the invention may include, e.g., melanoma (e.g.,advanced melanoma, or unresectable or metastatic melanoma), non-smallcell lung cancer (e.g., advanced non-small cell lung cancer), lungcarcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, glioblastoma (e.g.,recurrent glioblastoma), gliosarcoma, Merkel-cell carcinoma,fibrosarcoma, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma,colorectal cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia(e.g., acute myeloid leukemia), hematologic malignancies, solid tumors(e.g., advanced or metastatic solid tumors), MSI high tumors, HPV andHIV associated malignancies, and tumors with BRAC1 and BRAC2 mutations.

In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions of the inventionare intended for treatment of an immune-mediated disorder such aspsoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosis, MLS (sclerosis), Crohn'sdisease, diabetes mellitus, and/or colitis ulcerotis.

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition is for usein treating viral and/or parasitic infections, e.g., where the pathogensinhibit the host immune response. For example, the pathogen may be,e.g., HIV, hepatitis (A, B, or C), human papilloma virus (HPV),lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), adenovirus, flavivirus,echovirus, rhinovirus, coxsackie virus, cornovirus, respiratorysyncytial virus, mumps virus, rotavirus, measles virus, rubella virus,parvovirus, vaccinia virus, human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (HTLV),human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), dengue virus, molluscum virus, poliovirus,rabies virus, John Cunningham (JC) virus, arboviral encephalitis virus,simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), influenza, herpes, Giardia,malaria, Leishmania, Staphylococcus aureus, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

In some embodiments, the combination therapies and compositions of theinvention may be used to treat a patient who is, or is at risk of being,immunocompromised (e.g., due to chemotherapeutic or radiation therapy).

In some embodiments, the combination therapies and compositions of theinvention may be used for ex vivo activation and expansion ofantigen-specific T cells.

In some embodiments, the patient may have been treated previously for acondition characterized by overexpression or overactivity of PD-1,TIM-3, and/or LAG-3 or any of their ligands (e.g., cancer or an immunedisorder). For example, the patient may have been treated with one ormore drugs targeting PD-1, TIM-3, and/or LAG-3 and may have acquiredresistance to said drug(s).

“Treat”, “treating” and “treatment” refer to a method of alleviating orabrogating a biological disorder and/or at least one of its attendantsymptoms. As used herein, to “alleviate” a disease, disorder orcondition means reducing the severity and/or occurrence frequency of thesymptoms of the disease, disorder, or condition. Further, referencesherein to “treatment” include references to curative, palliative andprophylactic treatment.

“Therapeutically effective amount” refers to the amount of thetherapeutic agent being administered that will relieve to some extentone or more of the symptoms of the disorder being treated. Atherapeutically effective amount of an anti-cancer therapeutic may, forexample, result in tumor shrinkage, increased survival, elimination ofcancer cells, decreased disease progression, reversal of metastasis, orother clinical endpoints desired by healthcare professionals.

In some embodiments, the antibodies, antigen-binding portions, ormulti-specific binding molecules in the combination therapy of theinvention are administered in a single composition. In otherembodiments, the antibodies, antigen-binding portions, or multi-specificbinding molecules are administered in more than one composition. Forexample, a combination therapy comprising an anti-PD-1 antibody, ananti-TIM-3 antibody, and an anti-LAG-3 antibody may involveadministration of a single composition comprising all three antibodies,a composition comprising two of the antibodies and a compositioncomprising one of the antibodies, or a separate composition for eachantibody. In a case where there is more than one composition, thecompositions can be administered simultaneously, sequentially,separately, or any combination thereof.

The combination therapies and compositions of the invention may beadministered alone or in combination with one or more other drugs orantibodies (or as any combination thereof). The pharmaceuticalcompositions, methods and uses of the invention thus also encompassembodiments of combinations (co-administration) with other activeagents, as detailed below.

As used herein, the terms “co-administration”, “co-administered” and “incombination with,” referring to the combination therapies orcompositions of the invention with one or more other therapeutic agents,is intended to mean, and does refer to and include the following:

-   -   simultaneous administration of such combination therapy (or a        component thereof) or composition and therapeutic agent(s) to a        patient in need of treatment, when such components are        formulated together into a single dosage form which releases        said components at substantially the same time to said patient,    -   substantially simultaneous administration of such combination        therapy (or a component thereof) or composition and therapeutic        agent(s) to a patient in need of treatment, when such components        are formulated apart from each other into separate dosage forms        which are taken at substantially the same time by said patient,        whereupon said components are released at substantially the same        time to said patient,    -   sequential administration of such combination therapy (or a        component thereof) or composition and therapeutic agent(s) to a        patient in need of treatment, when such components are        formulated apart from each other into separate dosage forms        which are taken at consecutive times by said patient with a        significant time interval between each administration, whereupon        said components are released at substantially different times to        said patient; and    -   sequential administration of such combination therapy (or a        component thereof) or composition and therapeutic agent(s) to a        patient in need of treatment, when such components are        formulated together into a single dosage form which releases        said components in a controlled manner whereupon they are        concurrently, consecutively, and/or overlappingly released at        the same and/or different times to said patient, where each part        may be administered by either the same or a different route.

The combination therapies and compositions of the invention may beadministered without additional therapeutic treatments, i.e., as astand-alone therapy (i.e., monotherapy). Alternatively, treatment with acombination therapy or composition of the invention may include at leastone additional therapeutic treatment, e.g., another immunostimulatoryagent, an anti-cancer agent, an anti-viral agent, or a vaccine (e.g., atumor vaccine). In some embodiments, the combination therapy orcomposition may be co-administered or formulated with anothermedication/drug for the treatment of cancer. The additional therapeutictreatment may comprise, e.g., a chemotherapeutic, anti-neoplastic, oranti-angiogenic agent, a different anti-cancer antibody, and/orradiation therapy.

By combining the combination therapies and compositions of the inventionwith agents known to induce terminal differentiation of cancer cells,the effect may be improved further. Such compounds may, for example, beselected from the group consisting of retinoic acid, trans-retinoicacids, cis-retinoic acids, phenylbutyrate, nerve growth factor, dimethylsulfoxide, active form vitamin D3, peroxisome proliferator-activatedreceptor gamma, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate,hexamethylene-bis-acetamide, transforming growth factor-beta, butyricacid, cyclic AMP, and vesnarinone. In some embodiments, the compound isselected from the group consisting of retinoic acid, phenylbutyrate,all-trans-retinoic acid and active form vitamin D.

Pharmaceutical articles comprising a combination therapy or compositionof the invention and at least one other agent (e.g., a chemotherapeutic,anti-neoplastic, or anti-angiogenic agent) may be used as a combinationtreatment for simultaneous, separate or successive administration incancer therapy. The other agent may be any agent suitable for treatmentof the particular cancer in question, for example, an agent selectedfrom the group consisting of alkylating agents, e.g., platinumderivatives such as cisplatin, carboplatin and/or oxaliplatin; plantalkoids, e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel and/or irinotecan; antitumorantibiotics, e.g., doxorubicin (adriamycin), daunorubicin, epirubicin,idarubicin mitoxantrone, dactinomycin, bleomycin, actinomycin,luteomycin, and/or mitomycin; topoisomerase inhibitors such astopotecan; and/or antimetabolites, e.g., fluorouracil and/or otherfluoropyrimidines. In some embodiments, the other agent is dacarbazineor gemcitabine.

A combination therapy or composition of the invention may also be usedin combination with other anti-cancer therapies such as vaccines,cytokines, enzyme inhibitors, immunostimulatory compounds, and T celltherapies. In the case of a vaccine, it may, e.g., be a protein, peptideor DNA vaccine containing one or more antigens which are relevant forthe cancer being treated, or a vaccine comprising dendritic cells alongwith an antigen. Suitable cytokines include, for example, IL-2,IFN-gamma and GM-CSF. An example of a type of enzyme inhibitor that hasanti-cancer activity is an indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor,for example 1-methyl-D-tryptophan (1-D-MT). Adoptive T cell therapyrefers to various immunotherapy techniques that involve expanding orengineering patients' own T cells to recognize and attack their tumors.

It is also contemplated that a combination therapy or composition of theinvention may be used in adjunctive therapy in connection with tyrosinekinase inhibitors. These are synthetic, mainly quinazoline-derived, lowmolecular weight molecules that interact with the intracellular tyrosinekinase domain of receptors and inhibit ligand-induced receptorphosphorylation by competing for the intracellular Mg-ATP binding site.

In some embodiments, the combination therapy or composition may be usedin combination with another medication/drug that mediates immune systemactivation, including, but not limited to, an agent that modulates theexpression or activity of A2AR, BTLA, B7-H3, B7-H4, CTLA-4, CD27, CD28,CD39, CD40, CD47, CD55, CD73, CD122, CD137, CD160, CGEN-15049, LY108,CHK1, CHK2, CTLA-3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1 and/or CEACAM-5), GAL9, GITR,HVEM, ICOS, IDO, KIR, LAIR1, NKG2A, OX40, PD-L1/PD-L2, LILRB2, CMTM6,TIGIT, TGFR-beta, TNFR2, VISTA and/or 2B4. In certain embodiments, theagent is an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that bindsto one of the above molecules. In particular embodiments, the antibodyor antigen-binding portion thereof, composition, or bi-specific bindingmolecule of the invention may be administered in combination with aCTLA-4 inhibitor (e.g., an anti-CTLA-4 antibody such as tremelimumab oripilimumab). In one embodiment, the antibody or antigen-binding portionthereof, composition, or bi-specific binding molecule of the inventionmay be administered in combination with ipilimumab. It is alsocontemplated that the combination therapy or composition of theinvention may be used in combination with a cytokine (e.g., IL-1, IL-2,IL-12, IL-15 or IL-21), an EGFR inhibitor, a VEGF inhibitor, etc.

In certain aspects, the combination therapies and compositions of theinvention may be administered in combination with another inhibitor ofthe PD-1, TIM-3, or LAG-3 pathway, which may target PD-1, TIM-3, LAG-3,or one or more of ligands of any of these targets. Examples of suchinhibitors include:

-   -   other anti-PD-1 antibodies and antibodies that target PD-1        ligands and/or co-receptors such as PD-L1 or PD-L2 (e.g.,        pembrolizumab and/or nivolumab);    -   other anti-TIM-3 antibodies and antibodies that target TIM-3        ligands and/or co-receptors such as galectin-9, HMGB-1,        phosphatidylserine lipids, CEACAM1, LILRA1-6, or LILRB1-5 (e.g.,        MGB453, TSR-022, and/or LY3321367); and    -   other anti-LAG-3 antibodies and antibodies that target LAG-3        ligands and/or co-receptors such as MHCII, Galectin-3, and        LSECtin (e.g., BMS-986016, GSK2831781, REGN3767, BAP050 or        BAP050-chi, or LAG525).

It is understood that the combination therapies and compositions of theinvention may be used in a method of treatment as described herein, maybe for use in a treatment as described herein, and/or may be for use inthe manufacture of a medicament for a treatment as described herein. Theinvention also provides kits and articles of manufacture comprising thecombination therapies or compositions of the invention as describedherein.

Dose and Route of Administration

The combination therapies and compositions of the invention will beadministered in an effective amount for treatment of the condition inquestion, i.e., at dosages and for periods of time necessary to achievea desired result. A therapeutically effective amount may vary accordingto factors such as the particular condition being treated, the age, sexand weight of the patient, and whether the antibodies are beingadministered as a stand-alone treatment or in combination with one ormore additional anti-cancer treatments.

Dosage regimens may be adjusted to provide the optimum desired response.For example, a single bolus may be administered, several divided dosesmay be administered over time or the dose may be proportionally reducedor increased as indicated by the exigencies of the therapeuticsituation. It is especially advantageous to formulate parenteralcompositions in dosage unit form for ease of administration anduniformity of dosage. Dosage unit form, as used herein, refers tophysically discrete units suited as unitary dosages for thepatients/subjects to be treated; each unit containing a predeterminedquantity of active compound calculated to produce the desiredtherapeutic effect in association with the required pharmaceuticalcarrier. The specification for the dosage unit forms of the inventionare generally dictated by and directly dependent on (a) the uniquecharacteristics of the chemotherapeutic agent and the particulartherapeutic or prophylactic effect to be achieved, and (b) thelimitations inherent in the art of compounding such an active compoundfor the treatment of sensitivity in individuals.

Thus, the skilled artisan would appreciate, based upon the disclosureprovided herein, that the dose and dosing regimen are adjusted inaccordance with methods well-known in the therapeutic arts. That is, themaximum tolerable dose can be readily established, and the effectiveamount providing a detectable therapeutic benefit to a patient may alsobe determined, as can the temporal requirements for administering eachagent to provide a detectable therapeutic benefit to the patient.Accordingly, while certain dose and administration regimens areexemplified herein, these examples in no way limit the dose andadministration regimen that may be provided to a patient in practicingthe present invention.

It is to be noted that dosage values may vary with the type and severityof the condition to be alleviated, and may include single or multipledoses. It is to be further understood that for any particular subject,specific dosage regimens should be adjusted over time according to theindividual need and the professional judgment of the personadministering or supervising the administration of the compositions, andthat dosage ranges set forth herein are exemplary only and are notintended to limit the scope or practice of the embodied combinationtherapy. Further, the dosage regimen with the combination therapies andcompositions of this invention may be based on a variety of factors,including the type of disease, the age, weight, sex, medical conditionof the patient, the severity of the condition, the route ofadministration, and the particular antibody employed. Thus, the dosageregimen can vary widely, but can be determined routinely using standardmethods. For example, doses may be adjusted based on pharmacokinetic orpharmacodynamic parameters, which may include clinical effects such astoxic effects and/or laboratory values. Thus, the present inventionencompasses intra-patient dose-escalation as determined by the skilledartisan. Determining appropriate dosages and regimens are well-known inthe relevant art and would be understood to be encompassed by theskilled artisan once provided the teachings disclosed herein.

It is contemplated that a suitable dose of an antibody in a combinationtherapy or composition of the invention will be in the range of 0.1-100mg/kg, such as about 0.5-50 mg/kg, e.g., about 1-20 mg/kg. The antibodymay for example be administered in a dosage of at least 0.25 mg/kg,e.g., at least 0.5 mg/kg, such as at least 1 mg/kg, e.g., at least 1.5mg/kg, such as at least 2 mg/kg, e.g., at least 3 mg/kg, such as atleast 4 mg/kg, e.g., at least 5 mg/kg; and e.g., up to at most 50 mg/kg,such as up to at the most 30 mg/kg, e.g., up to at the most 20 mg/kg,such as up to at the most 15 mg/kg. Administration will normally berepeated at suitable intervals, e.g., once every week, once every twoweeks, once every three weeks, or once every four weeks, and for as longas deemed appropriate by the responsible doctor, who may optionallyincrease or decrease the dosage as necessary.

An effective amount for tumor therapy may be measured by its ability tostabilize disease progression and/or ameliorate symptoms in a patient,and preferably to reverse disease progression, e.g., by reducing tumorsize. The ability of a combination therapy of the invention to inhibitcancer may be evaluated by in vitro assays, e.g., as described in theExamples, as well as in suitable animal models that are predictive ofthe efficacy in human tumors (see, e.g., the Examples). Suitable dosageregimens will be selected in order to provide an optimum therapeuticresponse in each particular situation, for example, administered as asingle bolus or as a continuous infusion, and with possible adjustmentof the dosage as indicated by the exigencies of each case.

Articles of Manufacture and Kits

The present invention also provides articles of manufacture comprisingan anti-PD-1 antibody that competes for binding to human PD-1 with, orbinds to the same epitope of human PD-1 as, an antibody selected fromthe group consisting of 12819.15384, 12748.15381, 12748.16124,12865.15377, 12892.15378, 12796.15376, 12777.15382, 12760.15375 and13112.15380; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody or an anti-LAG-3 antibody.

In some embodiments, the article of manufacture comprises:

-   -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein; or    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein, at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or        antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein, and at        least one anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof        as described herein;        as well as methods for manufacturing said articles.

The present invention also provides kits comprising an anti-PD-1antibody that competes for binding to human PD-1 with, or binds to thesame epitope of human PD-1 as, an antibody selected from the groupconsisting of 12819.15384, 12748.15381, 12748.16124, 12865.15377,12892.15378, 12796.15376, 12777.15382, 12760.15375 and 13112.15380; andan anti-TIM-3 antibody or an anti-LAG-3 antibody.

In some embodiments, the kit comprises:

-   -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein;    -   at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein and at least one anti-LAG-3 antibody        or antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein; or    -   at least one anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen-binding portion        thereof as described herein, at least one anti-TIM-3 antibody or        antigen-binding portion thereof as described herein, and at        least one anti-LAG-3 antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof        as described herein.

Unless otherwise defined herein, scientific and technical terms used inconnection with the present invention shall have the meanings that arecommonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Exemplarymethods and materials are described below, although methods andmaterials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also beused in the practice or testing of the present invention. In case ofconflict, the present specification, including definitions, willcontrol.

Generally, nomenclature used in connection with, and techniques of, celland tissue culture, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology,genetics, analytical chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, medicinaland pharmaceutical chemistry, and protein and nucleic acid chemistry andhybridization described herein are those well-known and commonly used inthe art. Enzymatic reactions and purification techniques are performedaccording to manufacturer's specifications, as commonly accomplished inthe art or as described herein.

Further, unless otherwise required by context, singular terms shallinclude pluralities and plural terms shall include the singular.Throughout this specification and embodiments, the words “have” and“comprise,” or variations such as “has,” “having,” “comprises,” or“comprising,” will be understood to imply the inclusion of a statedinteger or group of integers but not the exclusion of any other integeror group of integers.

All publications and other references mentioned herein are incorporatedby reference in their entirety. Although a number of documents are citedherein, this citation does not constitute an admission that any of thesedocuments forms part of the common general knowledge in the art.

In order that this invention may be better understood, the followingexamples are set forth. These examples are for purposes of illustrationonly and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the inventionin any manner.

EXAMPLES Example 1: Enhanced In Vitro Activity of Combined PD-1/TIM-3Targeting in One-Way MLR Assay

This example demonstrates that combined targeting of PD-1 and TIM-3using the anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 and the anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 enhances IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocytereaction (MLR) assay.

In the one-way MLR assay, dendritic cells (DCs) and CD4⁺ T-cellsisolated from two different human healthy donors were co-cultured toinduce an alloantigen specific reaction resulting in cytokine productionand T-cell activation/proliferation. Dendritic cells (DCs) weredifferentiated from CD14⁺ monocytes by 6 days of culture with 20 ng/mlgranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and 20 ng/mlinterleukin-4 (IL-4) and mixed in a 1:10 ratio with CD4⁺ T-cellsisolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthyhuman donor material. The indicated antibodies or antibody mixture wereadded to a final total concentration of 10 μg/mL. The antibody mixturecontained a 1:1 ratio of anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies. After 5days of culture, supernatants were harvested and IFN-γ levels weredetermined using the Meso Scale electrochemiluminescence cytokine assay.Student's unpaired t-test was used for statistical analysis andBonferroni correction was used to adjust for multiple comparisons. Acorrected p-value <0.05 is considered statistically significant.

FIG. 1 shows the effect of anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies on IFN-γsecretion in the one-way MLR assay in three independent donor-pairs.Both the anti-PD-1 (12819) and anti-TIM-3 (15086) antibodies werefunctional in the one-way MLR assay and increase IFN-γ secretion in allthree donor pairs. Furthermore, the combination of anti-PD-1 andanti-TIM-3 antibodies shows enhanced activity by inducing astatistically significant increase in IFN-γ compared to the individualantibodies.

Example 2: Enhanced In Vitro Activity of Combined PD-1/TIM-3 Targetingin Two-Way MLR Assay

This example demonstrates that combined targeting of PD-1 and TIM-3using the anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 and the anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 enhances IFN-γ secretion in a two-way MLR assay.

In the two-way MLR assay, PBMCs from two different healthy human donorswere co-cultured to induce an alloantigen specific reaction resulting incytokine production and T-cell activation/proliferation. The PBMCs fromthe two different donors were mixed in a 1:1 ratio. The antibodies weretested at a final total antibody concentration of 10 μg/mL. After 5 daysof culture, supernatants were harvested and IFN-γ levels were determinedusing the Meso Scale electrochemiluminescence cytokine assay. Student'sunpaired t-test was used for statistical analysis and Bonferronicorrection was used to adjust for multiple comparisons. A correctedp-value <0.05 is considered statistically significant.

FIG. 2 shows the effect of anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies on IFN-γsecretion in the two-way MLR assay in three independent human donorpairs. Anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies both increased IFN-γsecretion in the two-way MLR assay. Additionally, the combination ofanti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies showed enhanced activity by inducingincreased IFN-γ secretion in comparison with the individual antibodies.

Example 3: Anti-TIM-3 Antibody Induces T-Cell Proliferation In Vitro inOne-Way MLR Assay

The ability of anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 to induce T-cellproliferation was investigated in the one-way MLR assay. The anti-TIM-3antibody, a positive control antibody against PD-1 (12819), or anegative control IgG2 antibody were added to a final concentration of 25μg/mL and incubated for 5 days prior to adding 1 μCi/well 3H-thymidinefor an additional 18 hours. Cells were harvested, and 3H-thymidineincorporation determined by liquid scintillation counting (MicroBeta2).

As shown in FIG. 3, anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 inducedproliferation of both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells to a similar degree as thepositive control antibody against PD-1 (Panel A). Addition of solubleanti-CD3 enhanced the proliferation induced by anti-TIM-3 antibody(Panel B).

Example 4: Anti-TIM-3 Antibody Induces IL-12p40 Secretion from DendriticCells

Monocyte derived dendritic cells were generated from healthy donormaterial as described previously in Example 1. The dendritic cells wereincubated for 5 days with 10 μg/mL of anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 ora negative control IgG2 antibody, or without treatment, and IL-12p40levels in the supernatants were determined using the standard ELISAcytokine assay.

As shown in FIG. 4, ligation of TIM-3 by anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145resulted in an increase in IL-12p40 secretion from dendritic cells.

Example 5: Anti-TIM-3 Antibody Induces Expression of Activation Markersin Dendritic Cells

To further investigate the functional role of targeting TIM-3,expression levels of selected activation markers on monocyte deriveddendritic cells were determined after treatment with anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145.

Dendritic cells were treated with 25 μg/mL anti-TIM-3 antibody for 24hours and gene expression of co-stimulatory molecules was determinedusing NanoString Technologies. Gene expression levels were normalized to30 housekeeping genes with uniform expression. Data for selectedrelevant genes are presented as fold change relative to untreatedcontrol cells.

Gene expression analysis showed an upregulation of several activationmarkers and co-stimulatory molecules including MHC-II (HLA-DQB1 andHLA-DQA1), CD80 and CD86 (FIG. 5, Panel A). Increased cell surfaceexpression of CD80 and CD86 upon treatment with anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 was validated using FACS analysis (FIG. 5, Panel B). Thehistogram overlays shown are representative of CD11c+dendritic cells,and numbers adjacent to the histograms denote MFI values.

Example 6: In Vivo Efficacy of Anti-TIM-3 Antibody 15086 on Human LungPDX Tumor Growth

This example shows the in vivo efficacy of anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 on a human lung patient-derived xenograft (PDX) tumor modelin CD34⁺ humanized NSG-SGM3 mice.

NSG-SGM3 mice were humanized using cord blood derived CD3⁺ cells andengrafted in the right flank with patient-derived lung tumor fragments(LG1306). At tumor sizes between 50-150 mm³, mice were randomized andtreatment initiated. The mice received intraperitoneal injection ofvehicle or anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086 with an initial dose of 10 mg/kgfollowed by 5 mg/kg 5×QSD. Tumors were measured three times weekly bycaliper in two dimensions and tumor volume in mm³ was calculatedaccording to the formula: (width)²×length×0.5. The grey area denotes thetreatment period. Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparisonstest was applied to compare tumor volumes at each time-point betweentreatment groups. Data are presented as means±SEM, **p<0.01.

Treatment with anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086 resulted in a significant tumorgrowth inhibition in a CD34⁺ humanized NSG-SGM3 mouse human lung PDXmodel (FIG. 6).

Example 7: Enhanced Effect of Combined PD-1/LAG-3, PD-1/TIM-3, orPD-1/TIM-3/LAG-3 Targeting in a PBMC+SEB Assay

This example describes the enhanced effect of combining anti-PD-1antibody 12819 with anti-LAG-3 antibody 15532 or anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145 in the PBMC+SEB (Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B) assay.

SEB is a super-antigen that binds to MHC class II molecules and specificVβ regions of T cell receptors (TCR) and drives non-specific stimulationof T-cells. This results in polyclonal T cell activation/proliferationand release of cytokines, including IL-2. Human PBMCs isolated frombuffy coats from healthy donors were seeded in 384-well plates, and leftuntreated or treated with 10 ng/mL SEB and 10 μg/mL of the indicatedsingle antibodies or antibody mixtures. Combinations of antibodies were1:1 or 1:1:1 mixtures of the indicated antibodies. After 48 hours in ahumidified incubator at 37° C., supernatants were removed and analyzedfor IL-2 levels using an IL-2 ELISA kit (Life Technologies). Data arepresented as average±SEM. Significant differences were tested usingStudent's t-test with Bonferroni correction.

FIG. 7 shows an increase in IL-2 secretion after treatment with a singleanti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3 or anti-TIM-3 antibody, mixtures of two of theantibodies, or the mixture of all three antibodies. The datademonstrated that IL-2 levels were increased by single treatment withthe anti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3 or anti-TIM-3 antibody, whereas IL-2 secretionwas increased further by treatment with a combination of anti-PD-1 andanti-LAG-3 antibodies, or anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies. Thetriple combination of anti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3, and anti-TIM-3 antibodiesincreased IL-2 secretion more than any of the two-antibody combinations.

Example 8: Enhanced In Vivo Efficacy of Combining Anti-PD-1 andAnti-LAG-3 Antibodies in Two Syngeneic Mouse Tumor Models

This example demonstrates the in vivo efficacy of combining anti-PD-1antibody 12819 with anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W (reactive with mouseLAG-3; BioXcell) or anti-LAG-3 antibody 15011 in two syngeneic mousetumor models.

0.5×10⁶ MC38 (colon carcinoma) or 5×10⁶ ASB-XIV (lung carcinoma) cellswere inoculated subcutaneously into the flank of 6-8 week old femaleBALB/cAnNRj (ASB-XIV) or C57BL/6 (MC38) mice, respectively. Tumors weremeasured three times weekly by caliper in two dimensions and tumorvolume in mm³ was calculated according to the formula:(width)²×length×0.5. On day 5 (ASB-XIV) or day 13 (MC38)post-inoculation at an average tumor size of 30-50 mm³, mice wererandomized into four groups of ten animals and treatment was initiated.The mice were treated three times weekly with a total of six treatmentsby intraperitoneal injection of vehicle buffer, anti-PD-1 antibody12819, anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W, anti-LAG-3 antibody 15011, or acombination of anti-PD-1 and anti-LAG-3 antibodies. The antibodytreatments were administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg/target. Two-way ANOVAwith Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test was applied to compare tumorvolumes at each time-point between treatment groups. Statisticalanalyses were performed using GraphPad Prism version 5.0 (GraphPadSoftware, Inc.).

MC38 syngeneic tumors treated with monoclonal anti-PD-1 antibody 12819displayed continuous tumor growth, albeit with slower growth kineticsthan vehicle treated tumors (FIG. 8). No effect of treatment withanti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W alone was observed. The combination of theanti-PD-1 antibody and the anti-LAG-3 antibody showed enhanced tumorgrowth inhibition compared to the anti-PD-1 treatment and significanttumor growth inhibition compared to vehicle treated tumors (p<0.001)(FIG. 8).

ASB-XIV syngeneic tumors treated with anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 showeddelayed tumor growth compared to vehicle treated tumors (FIGS. 8 and 9).No effect of treatment with anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W alone was observed(FIG. 8), whereas anti-LAG-3 antibody 15011 significantly inhibitedtumor growth compared to vehicle treatment (p<0.05) (FIG. 9). Combiningthe anti-PD-1 antibody and anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W significantlyenhanced anti-tumor efficacy compared to vehicle treatment (FIG. 8). Asignificantly enhanced tumor inhibitory effect was also observed by acombination of the anti-PD-1 antibody and anti-LAG-3 antibody 15011compared to single treatment with the anti-PD-1 antibody (p<0.0001) orthe anti-LAG-3 antibody (p<0.05) (FIG. 9).

Example 9: Enhanced In Vivo Efficacy of Combining Anti-PD-1 andAnti-TIM-3 Antibodies in Two Syngeneic Mouse Tumor Models

This example demonstrates the in vivo efficacy of combining anti-PD-1antibody 12819 and anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12 (reactive with mouse TIM-3;Anderson et al., Science 318:1141-43 (2007)) in two syngeneic mousetumor models.

0.2×10⁶ Sa1N (fibrosarcoma) or 5×10⁶ ASB-XIV (lung carcinoma) cells wereinoculated subcutaneously into the flank of 6-8 week old female NJ(Sa1N) and BALB/cAnNRj (ASB-XIV) mice, respectively. Tumors weremeasured three times weekly by caliper in two dimensions and tumorvolume in mm³ was calculated according to the formula:(width)²×length×0.5. At an average tumor size of 60-110 mm³, mice wererandomized and treatment initiated. The mice were treated with a singledose (Sa1N), or treated three times weekly with a total of sixtreatments (ASB-XIV), by intraperitoneal injection of vehicle buffer,anti-PD-1 antibody 12819, and/or anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12. The antibodytreatments were administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg/target in mice withASB-XIV tumors. Mice with Sa1N tumors were dosed with anti-PD-1 andanti-TIM-3 antibodies at 1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg, respectively. Two-wayANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test was applied to comparetumor volumes at each time-point between treatment groups. Statisticalanalyses were performed using GraphPad Prism version 5.0 (GraphPadSoftware, Inc.).

On day 6 post-inoculation of ASB-XIV tumor cells, at an average tumorsize of 56 mm³, mice were randomized into four groups of ten animals andtreatment was initiated. Treatment with anti-PD-1 antibody 12819 delayedtumor growth, whereas treatment with anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12 had noeffect on tumor growth compared to vehicle treatment. A pronounced tumorinhibitory effect was seen by combining the anti-PD-1 antibody with theanti-TIM-3 antibody, compared to single treatment with either antibody(p<0.001) (FIG. 10).

On day 13 post-inoculation of Sa1N tumor cells, at an average tumor sizeof 110 mm³, mice were randomized into four groups of ten animals anddosed with a single treatment of antibodies. The results showed aninitial tumor growth delay from single antibody treatment with anti-PD-1antibody 12819 or anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12. An enhanced anti-tumoreffect was observed by combining the anti-PD-1 antibody with theanti-TIM-3 antibody, compared to single antibody treatment. Thecombination treatment also significantly inhibited tumor growth comparedto vehicle treatment (p<0.0001) (FIG. 10).

Example 10: In Vivo Efficacy of Combining Anti-PD-1 and Anti-TIM-3Antibodies in a Human Xenograft Tumor Model

This example demonstrates enhanced in vivo efficacy of combininganti-PD-1 antibody 12819 with anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 in a humanxenograft tumor model, where A375 cells (human melanoma) were engraftedin mice reconstituted with human PBMCs.

Human PBMCs were interperitoneally injected into NOG (Donor 1 and Donor2) or NOG-EXL (hGM-CSF/hIL-3-NOG) (Donor 3) mice one day prior tosubcutaneous engraftment of the human A375 melanoma cells. Treatment wasinitiated on the day of PBMC injection and the mice were treated threetimes weekly with a total of six treatments by intraperitoneal injectionof vehicle buffer, anti-PD-1 antibody 12819, anti-TIM-3 antibody15086.17145, ora combination of the anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies.The antibody treatments were administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg/target.Tumors were measured three times weekly by caliper in two dimensions andtumor volume in mm³ was calculated per the formula: (width)²×length×0.5.Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test was applied tocompare tumor volumes at each time-point between treatment groups.Statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism version 5.0(GraphPad Software, Inc.).

As shown in FIG. 11, treatment with the combination of the anti-PD-1 andanti-TIM-3 antibodies resulted in significant (and synergistic, in atleast Donor 3) tumor growth delay (p<0.05 and p<0.01), whereas singleantibody treatment (anti-PD-1 or anti-TIM-3) showed limited effect ontumor growth compared to the vehicle treated group.

Example 11: Combined PD-1 and TIM-3 Targeting Leads to IncreasedSurvival in Mice Co-Engrafted with Human Immune and Tumor Cells

This example demonstrates the in vivo efficacy of combining anti-PD-1antibody 12819 with anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145 in mouse models ofhuman tumors.

2×10⁶A375 (melanoma) cells were mixed with 2×10⁶ human PBMC andinoculated subcutaneously into the flank of 6-8 week old female NOD-scidmice. At the time of cell inoculation, treatment was initiated. The micewere treated three times weekly with a total of six treatments byintraperitoneal injection of vehicle buffer, anti-PD-1 antibody 12819,anti-TIM-3 antibody 15086.17145, or a combination of anti-PD-1 andanti-TIM-3. The antibody treatments were administered at a dose of 10mg/kg for each antibody. Tumors were measured three times weekly bycaliper in two dimensions and tumor volume in mm³ was calculatedaccording to the formula: (width)²×length×0.5.

Survival was defined as having a tumor size <400 mm³. The results showedan increase in survival of mice treated with a dual combination ofanti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies compared to any single antibodytreatment (FIG. 12, Panels A-E)).

Example 12: Combined PD-1, LAG-3, and TIM-3 Targeting Leads to IncreasedSurvival in a Syngeneic Mouse Tumor Model

This example demonstrates the in vivo efficacy of combining anti-PD-1antibody 12819 with anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W and anti-TIM-3 antibody5D12 in a syngeneic mouse tumor model.

5×10⁶ ASB-XIV (lung carcinoma) cells were inoculated subcutaneously intothe flank of 6-8 week old female BALB/cAnNRj mice. Tumors were measuredthree times weekly by caliper in two dimensions and tumor volume in mm³was calculated according to the formula: (width)²×length×0.5. On day 5post-inoculation, at an average tumor size of 50 mm³, mice wererandomized into seven groups of ten animals and treatment was initiated.The mice were treated three times weekly with a total of six treatmentsby intraperitoneal injection of vehicle buffer, anti-PD-1 antibody12819, anti-LAG-3 antibody C9B7W, anti-TIM-3 antibody 5D12, or acombination of anti-PD-1 and anti-LAG-3, anti-PD-1 and anti-TIM-3, oranti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3, and anti-TIM-3 antibodies. The antibodytreatments were administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg for each antibody.

Survival was defined as having a tumor size <400 mm³. The results showedincreased survival of mice treated with a triple combination ofanti-PD-1, anti-LAG-3 and anti-TIM-3 antibodies compared to any singleor dual antibody treatment (FIG. 13, Panels A-H).

TABLE 1 Antibody Sequence Identifiers DNA Protein Target Ab VH VL VH VLH-CDR1 H-CDR2 H-CDR3 L-CDR1 L-CDR2 L-CDR3 TIM-3 15086.15086 1 2 3 4 8 910 11 12 13 15086.16837 5 6 7 15086.17145 15086.17144 15105 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 15107 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 15109 34 35 36 3738 39 40 41 42 43 15174 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 15175 54 55 56 5758 59 60 61 62 63 15260 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 15284 74 75 76 7778 79 80 81 82 83 15299 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 15353 94 95 96 9798 99 100 101 102 103 15354 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 11317244 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 17245 124 125 126 127 128129 130 131 132 133 19324 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 19416144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 19568 154 155 156 157 158 159160 161 162 163 20131 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 20185 174175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 20293 184 185 186 187 188 189 190191 192 193 20300 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 20362 204 205206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 20621 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221222 223 PD-1 12819.15384 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 23312748.15381 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 12865.15377 244 245246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 12892.15378 254 255 256 257 258 259 260261 262 263 12796.15376 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 27312777.15382 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 12760.15375 284 285286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 13112.15380 294 295 296 297 298 299 300301 302 303 12748.16124 234 391 236 392 238 239 240 393 394 395 LAG-315646 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 15532 314 315 316 317 318319 320 321 322 323 15723 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 15595334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 15431 344 345 346 347 348 349350 351 352 353 15572 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 15011 364365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373

TABLE 2 Constant Region Sequences SEQ ID NO Description Sequence 374IgG1 heavy chainASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSconstant regionSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDprotein sequenceVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 375 IgG1-LALA heavyASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSchain constant regionSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPEAAGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDprotein sequenceVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 376 IgG4 (S228P) heavyASTKGPSVFPLAPCSRSTSESTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSchain constant regionSLGTKTYTCNVDHKPSNTKVDKRVESKYGPPCPPCPAPEFLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSQprotein sequenceEDPEVQFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQFNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKGLPSSIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSQEEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSRLTVDKSRWQEGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSLGK 377 IgG2 heavy chainASTKGPSVFPLAPCSRSTSESTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSconstant regionNFGTQTYTCNVDHKPSNTKVDKTVERKCCVECPPCPAPPVAGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEprotein sequenceDPEVQFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQFNSTFRVVSVLTVVHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKGLPAPIEKTISKTKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPMLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK 378 Kappa light chainRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLconstant region SKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC protein sequence 379Lambda light chainGQPKANPTVTLFPPSSEELQANKATLVCLISDFYPGAVTVAWKADGSPVKAGVETTKPSKQSNNKYAASSYLSLconstant region TPEQWKSHRSYSCQVTHEGSTVEKTVAPTECS protein sequence 380IgG1-LALA heavyGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCGGCCCTchain constant regionGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGDNA sequenceTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCexcluding intronsAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAAGCCGCCGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTATAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCCCCGGGTAAA 381 IgG1-LALA heavyGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCGGCCCTchain constant regionGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGDNA sequenceTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCincluding intronsAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGAGTTGGTGAGAGGCCAGCACAGGGAGGGAGGGTGTCTGCTGGAAGCCAGGCTCAGCGCTCCTGCCTGGACGCATCCCGGCTATGCAGTCCCAGTCCAGGGCAGCAAGGCAGGCCCCGTCTGCCTCTTCACCCGGAGGCCTCTGCCCGCCCCACTCATGCTCAGGGAGAGGGTCTTCTGGCTTTTTCCCCAGGCTCTGGGCAGGCACAGGCTAGGTGCCCCTAACCCAGGCCCTGCACACAAAGGGGCAGGTGCTGGGCTCAGACCTGCCAAGAGCCATATCCGGGAGGACCCTGCCCCTGACCTAAGCCCACCCCAAAGGCCAAACTCTCCACTCCCTCAGCTCGGACACCTTCTCTCCTCCCAGATTCCAGTAACTCCCAATCTTCTCTCTGCAGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGGTAAGCCAGCCCAGGCCTCGCCCTCCAGCTCAAGGCGGGACAGGTGCCCTAGAGTAGCCTGCATCCAGGGACAGGCCCCAGCCGGGTGCTGACACGTCCACCTCCATCTCTTCCTCAGCACCTGAAgccgccGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGTGGGACCCGTGGGGTGCGAGGGCCACATGGACAGAGGCCGGCTCGGCCCACCCTCTGCCCTGAGAGTGACCGCTGTACCAACCTCTGTCCCTACAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTATAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCCCCGGGTAAA 382 IgG4 (S228P) heavyGCTTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCGCCCTGCTCCAGGAGCACCTCCGAGAGCACAGCCGCCCTchain constant regionGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGDNA sequenceTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCexcluding intronsAGCTTGGGCACGAAGACCTACACCTGCAACGTAGATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGAGTTGAGTCCAAATATGGTCCCCCATGCCCAcCATGCCCAGCACCTGAGTTCCTGGGGGGACCATCAGTCTTCCTGTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACTCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACGTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCAGGAAGACCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGATGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGGCCTCCCGTCCTCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAGCCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCAGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAGGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGGAGGGGAATGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCTGGGTAAA 383 IgG4 (S228P) heavyGCTTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCGCCCTGCTCCAGGAGCACCTCCGAGAGCACAGCCGCCCTchain constant regionGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGDNA sequenceTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCincluding intronsAGCTTGGGCACGAAGACCTACACCTGCAACGTAGATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGAGTTGGTGAGAGGCCAGCACAGGGAGGGAGGGTGTCTGCTGGAAGCCAGGCTCAGCCCTCCTGCCTGGACGCACCCCGGCTGTGCAGCCCCAGCCCAGGGCAGCAAGGCAGGCCCCATCTGTCTCCTCACCCGGAGGCCTCTGACCACCCCACTCATGCTCAGGGAGAGGGTCTTCTGGATTTTTCCACCAGGCTCCGGGCAGCCACAGGCTGGATGCCCCTACCCCAGGCCCTGaGCATACAGGGGCAGGTGCTGCGCTCAGACCTGCCAAGAGCCATATCCGGGAGGACCCTGCCCCTGACCTAAGCCCACCCCAAAGGCCAAACTCTCCACTCCCTCAGCTCAGACACCTTCTCTCCTCCCAGATCTGAGTAACTCCCAATCTTCTCTCTGCAGAGTCCAAATATGGTCCCCCATGCCCAcCATGCCCAGGTAAGCCAACCCAGGCCTCGCCCTCCAGCTCAAGGCGGGACAGGTGCCCTAGAGTAGCCTGCATCCAGGGACAGGCCCCAGCCGGGTGCTGACGCATCCACCTCCATCTCTTCCTCAGCACCTGAGTTCCTGGGGGGACCATCAGTCTTCCTGTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACTCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACGTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCAGGAAGACCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGATGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGGCCTCCCGTCCTCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGTGGGACCCACGGGGTGCGAGGGCCACATGGACAGAGGTCAGCTCGGCCCACCCTCTGCCCTGGGAGTGACCGCTGTGCCAACCTCTGTCCCTACAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAGCCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCAGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAGGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGGAGGGGAATGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCTGGGTAAA 384 IgG2 heavy chainGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCGCCCTGCTCCAGGAGCACCTCCGAGAGCACAGCCGCCCTconstant region DNAGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCTCTGACCAGCGGCGsequence excludingTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCintronsAACTTCGGCACCCAGACCTACACCTGCAACGTAGATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGACAGTTGAGCGCAAATGTTGTGTCGAGTGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCACCTGTGGCAGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACGTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCACGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACGTTCCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTTGTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGGCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAACCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACACCTCCCATGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGTAAA 385 IgG2 heavy chainGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCGCCCTGCTCCAGGAGCACCTCCGAGAGCACAGCCGCCCTconstant region DNAGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCTCTGACCAGCGGCGsequence includingTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCintronsAACTTCGGCACCCAGACCTACACCTGCAACGTAGATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGACAGTTGGTGAGAGGCCAGCTCAGGGAGGGAGGGTGTCTGCTGGAAGCCAGGCTCAGCCCTCCTGCCTGGACGCACCCCGGCTGTGCAGCCCCAGCCCAGGGCAGCAAGGCAGGCCCCATCTGTCTCCTCACCCGGAGGCCTCTGCCCGCCCCACTCATGCTCAGGGAGAGGGTCTTCTGGCTTTTTCCACCAGGCTCCAGGCAGGCACAGGCTGGGTGCCCCTACCCCAGGCCCTTCACACACAGGGGCAGGTGCTTGGCTCAGACCTGCCAAAAGCCATATCCGGGAGGACCCTGCCCCTGACCTAAGCCGACCCCAAAGGCCAAACTGTCCACTCCCTCAGCTCGGACACCTTCTCTCCTCCCAGATCCGAGTAACTCCCAATCTTCTCTCTGCAGAGCGCAAATGTTGTGTCGAGTGCCCACCGTGCCCAGGTAAGCCAGCCCAGGCCTCGCCCTCCAGCTCAAGGCGGGACAGGTGCCCTAGAGTAGCCTGCATCCAGGGACAGGCCCCAGCTGGGTGCTGACACGTCCACCTCCATCTCTTCCTCAGCACCACCTGTGGCAGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACGTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCACGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACGTTCCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTTGTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGGCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAACCAAAGGTGGGACCCGCGGGGTATGAGGGCCACATGGACAGAGGCCGGCTCGGCCCACCCTCTGCCCTGGGAGTGACCGCTGTGCCAACCTCTGTCCCTACAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACACCTCCCATGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGTAAA 386 Kappa light chainCGTACGGTGGCTGCACCATCTGTCTTCATCTTCCCGCCATCTGATGAGCAGTTGAAATCTGGAACTGCCTCTGTconstant region DNATGTGTGCCTGCTGAATAACTTCTATCCCAGAGAGGCCAAAGTACAGTGGAAGGTGGATAACGCCCTCCAATCGGsequenceGTAACTCCCAGGAGAGTGTCACAGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTCAGCAGCACCCTGACGCTGAGCAAAGCAGACTACGAGAAACACAAAGTCTACGCCTGCGAAGTCACCCATCAGGGCCTGAGCTCGCCCGTCACAAAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGAGAGTGT 387 Lambda light chainCCTAGGTCAGCCCAAGGCCAACCCCACTGTCACTCTGTTCCCGCCCTCCTCTGAGGAGCTCCAAGCCAACAAGGconstant region DNACCACACTAGTGTGTCTGATCAGTGACTTCTACCCGGGAGCTGTGACAGTGGCCTGGAAGGCAGATGGCAGCCCCsequenceGTCAAGGCGGGAGTGGAGACCACCAAACCCTCCAAACAGAGCAACAACAAGTACGCGGCCAGCAGCTACCTGAGCCTGACGCCCGAGCAGTGGAAGTCCCACAGAAGCTACAGCTGCCAGGTCACGCATGAAGGGAGCACCGTGGAGAAGACAGTGGCCCCTACAGAATGTTCATAA

TABLE 3 Target Protein Sequences Protein Amino Acid Sequence Human PD-1MQIPQAPWPVVWAVLQLGWRPGWFLDSPDRPWNPPTFSPALLVVTEGDNATFTCSFSNTSUniProt Q15116ESFVLNWYRMSPSNQTDKLAAFPEDRSQPGQDCRFRVTQLPNGRDFHMSVVRARRNDSGT(SEQ ID NO: 388)YLCGAISLAPKAQIKESLRAELRVTERRAEVPTAHPSPSPRPAGQFQTLVVGVVGGLLGSLVLLVWVLAVICSRAARGTIGARRTGQPLKEDPSAVPVFSVDYGELDFQWREKTPEPPVPCVPEQTEYATIVFPSGMGTSSPARRGSADGPRSAQPLRPEDGHCSWPL Human TIM-3MFSHLPFDCVLLLLLLLLTRSSEVEYRAEVGQNAYLPCFYTPAAPGNLVPVCWGKGACPVUniProt Q8TDQ0FECGNVVLRTDERDVNYWTSRYWLNGDFRKGDVSLTIENVTLADSGIYCCRIQIPGIMND(SEQ ID NO: 389)EKFNLKLVIKPAKVTPAPTRQRDFTAAFPRMLTTRGHGPAETQTLGSLPDINLTQISTLANELRDSRLANDLRDSGATIRIGIYIGAGICAGLALALIFGALIFKWYSHSKEKIQNLSLISLANLPPSGLANAVAEGIRSEENIYTIEENVYEVEEPNEYYCYVSSRQQPSQPLGCRFAM PHuman LAG-3 MWEAQFLGLLFLQPLWVAPVKPLQPGAEVPVVWAQEGAPAQLPCSPTIPLQDLSLLRRAGUniProt P18627VTWQHQPDSGPPAAAPGHPLAPGPHPAAPSSWGPRPRRYTVLSVGPGGLRSGRLPLQPRV(SEQ ID NO: 390)QLDERGRQRGDFSLWLRPARRADAGEYRAAVHLRDRALSCRLRLRLGQASMTASPPGSLRASDWVILNCSFSRPDRPASVHWFRNRGQGRVPVRESPHHHLAESFLFLPQVSPMDSGPWGCILTYRDGFNVSIMYNLTVLGLEPPTPLTVYAGAGSRVGLPCRLPAGVGTRSFLTAKWTPPGGGPDLLVTGDNGDFTLRLEDVSQAQAGTYTCHIHLQEQQLNATVTLAIITVTPKSFGSPGSLGKLLCEVTPVSGQERFVWSSLDTPSQRSFSGPWLEAQEAQLLSQPWQCQLYQGERLLGAAVYFTELSSPGAQRSGRAPGALPAGHLLLFLILGVLSLLLLVTGAFGFHLWRRQWRPRRFSALEQGIHPPQAQSKIEELEQEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEQL

TABLE 4Anti-TIM-3 antibody heavy and light chain variable domain nucleotidesequences Ab Sequence (5′ to 3′) 15086.CAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCC 15086 VHCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTGGTTACTACTGGAGTTGGACCCGTCAGCACCCAGGGATGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGATACATCTCTTACAGTGGGAGTATCTATTACACTCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGACTTACCATATCAGTGGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAGTTTGGATTCCTGGGGATCTAACCGTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 1) 15086.GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCC 15086 VLACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCGCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 2) 15086.CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGAGTGGCCCCGGACTGGTCAAGCCTTCACAGACTCTGAGC 16837/CTGACCTGCACAGTGTCTGGCGGAAGTATCAGCTCCGGGGGTTACTATTGGAGCTGG 15086.ACCCGACAGCACCCAGGAATGGGTCTGGAATGGATCGGGTACATTTCATATAGCGGC 17145/TCCATCTACTATACACCCTCACTGAAAAGCAGGCTGACCATTTCCGTGGACACATCT 15086.AAGAACCAGTTCAGCCTGAAACTGTCTAGTGTGACAGCCGCTGATACTGCAGTCTAC 17144 VHTATTGTGCCTCCCTGGACTCTTGGGGCAGTAATAGAGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACTCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 5) 15086.GAGATCGTGCTGACTCAGTCCCCAGCCACCCTGTCACTGAGCCCAGGAGAACGAGCA 16837/ACCCTGTCTTGCAGGGCCTCCCAGTCTGTCAGCTCCTACCTGGCTTGGTATCAGCAG 15086.AAGCCCGGGCAGGCACCTCGACTGCTGATCTACGACGCCAGTAACAGAGCTACCGGT 17145/ATTCCCGCCCGCTTCAGTGGTTCAGGCAGCGGAACAGACTTTACCCTGACAATCTCT 15086.AGTCTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTCGCCGTGTACTATTGTCAGCAGAGGTCTAATTGGCCA 17144 VLCTGACATTTGGCGGAGGGACTAAGGTCGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 6) 15105 VHCAGGTCACCTTGAAGGAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAGGCCCTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATAGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACGCGACCAAGAAACAATTCTCCCTGAAGCTGACCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATATTGGGAGCTCCCTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCG AGT(SEQ ID NO: 14) 15105 VLGACATCCAGTTGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTAGAAATGATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCGCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACAGCATAATAGTTACCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 15) 15107 VHCAGATGCAGCTGGTGCAGTGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATGTCAGTTGACACGTCCAAGCACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGATGGTGGGAGCTTCCTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCG AGT(SEQ ID NO: 24) 15107 VLGAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTAGAAATGATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCGCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACAGCATAATAGTTACCCGTGGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 25) 15109 VHCAGATGCAGCTGGTGCAATGGGGCGCAGGACTGTTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTATGGTGGGTCCTTCAGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGGAAATCAATCATAGTGGAAGCACCAACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGGTTTTACTATGCTCCGAACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACC GTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 34) 15109 VLGAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCTTCCACCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGAGTATTAGTAGCTGGTTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGACAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATAAGGCGTCTAGTTTAGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGATGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGCCAACAGTATAATAGTTATTCCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 35) 15174 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTAGTAATTACTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGAGTATCTATTATAGTGGGAACACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGTTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGACAGACAGTGGCTGGCCCCCTCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 44) 15174 VLGAAATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCTTCCACCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGAGTATTAGTAGCTGGTTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGGTCCTGATCTATAAGGCGTCTAGTTTAGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAACTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGATGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGCCAACAGTATAATAGTTATTCATTCACTTTCGGCCCTGGGACCAAAGTGGATATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 45) 15175 VHCAGGTCCAGCTGGTGCAATCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTGCTGGATACACCTTAACCGGCTACTATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGCCTTGAGTGGATGGGACGGATCAACCCTAACAGTGGTGGCTCAAACAATGCACAGAAGTTTCAGGGCAGGGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCATCAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGGCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGAGGGTCCCCTGTATAGCAGTGGCTGGTACGAGGGTGCTTTTGATATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 54) 15175 VLGAAATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCTTCCACCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGAGTATTAGTAGTTGGTTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATAAGGCGTCTAGTTTAGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGATGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGCCAACAGTATAATAGTTATTCTCCGGGGCTCACTTTCGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTGGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 55) 15260 VHCAGATGCAGCTACAGCAGTCAGGTCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCCTCGCAGACCCTCTCACTCACCTGTGCCATCTCCGGGGACAGTGTCTCTAGCAACAGTGCTGCTTGGAACTGGATCAGGCAGTCCCCATCGAGAGGCCTTGAGTGGCTGGGAAGGACATACTACAGGTCCAAGTGGTATTCTGCTTTTGCAGTATCTGTGAAAAGTCGAATAACCATCAACCCAGACACATCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGCAGCTGAACTCTGTGACTCCCGAGGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCAAGAGAGGGTAGCAGTGGCTGGTACGGATACGTCCACCACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 64) 15260 VLGAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGCTTCCCTGTCTGTATCTCTGGGAGAAACTGTCACCATCGAATGTCGAGCAAGTGAGGACATTTACAATGGTTTAGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCAGGGAAATCTCCTCAGCTCCTGATCTATAATGCAAATAGCTTGCATACTGGGGTCCCATCACGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGTACACAGTATTCTCTCAAGATAAACAGCCTGCAATCTGAAGATGTCGCAAGTTATTTCTGTCAACAGTATTACGATTATCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 65) 15284 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCTTCAGCAGTAGTAGTTACTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCTGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGATCTTCTATTATAGTGGGACCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGCACACACGTCCAAGAGCCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCTGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGAGGGGGAGAATATTTTGACCGGTTACTCCCCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 74) 15284 VLGAAATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCATCCTTCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCCAGTCAGGGCATTAGCAGTTATTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAAAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCACTTTGGAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCAACAGCTTAATAGTTACCCATTCACTTTCGGCCCTGGGACCAAAGTGGATATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 75) 15299 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGCAGCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGCTATTGGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGTGAAAGATGGGGCAGGAGGCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACC GTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 84) 15299 VLGATATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTTCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTATAAATCATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCATAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAATCGCCTAATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACGGCATAATAGTTACCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 85) 15353 VHCAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAACAGTGGTGGTCACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAGGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCATCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGACTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGAGTTATTACTATGCCAGTAGTGGTGATGCTTTTGATATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 94) 15353 VLGAAACGACACTCACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 95) 15354 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGTAATTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGCTATTAGTGGTCGTGGTGGTAGCACATTCTTCGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAGCACGCTGTATCTGCAAACGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAAAGGGGGCCCGTTGTATAACTGGAACGACGGTGATGGTTTTGATATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACCACGGTCACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 104) 15354 VLGAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCACCAGGGCCACTGGTATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCACTGGGTCTGGGACAGAGTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCTGAAGATTTTGCACTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGTATGATAACTGGCCTCCGTGGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 105) 17244 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCAAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTGACTACTACATGACCTGGATCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTTCATACATTAGTGGTGGTGGTGGTTCCATATACTACGCAGACTCTGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACTCACTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTTTATTTCTGTGCGAGAGGGAACTGGGGATCGGCGGCTCTTGATATCTGGGGCCAAGGGACAATGGTCACGGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 114) 17244 VLGAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCATCCTCACTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGTCGGGCGAGTCAGGGCATTAACAATTATTTAGCCTGGTTTCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAGAGCCCCTAAGTCCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCGAAGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGCCAACAGTATAATAGTTACCCTCCAACTCTCGGCCCTGGGACCAACGTGGATATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 115) 17245 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTACAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGCAGCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGCTATTGGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCGCATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGTGAAAGATGGGGCAGGAGGCTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACC GTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 124) 17245 VLGACATCCAGTTGACCCAGTCCCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGGGCATTAGAAATCATTTAGGCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCGCCTAATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGAATTCACTCTCACAATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCTACAGCATAATAGTTACCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 125) 19324 VHCAGATGCAGCTACAGCAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCGGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTTAGCAGCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCTAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGGTATTAGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAATACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAAGATAGTGGGAGCTACCCACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTC ACGGTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 134) 19324 VLGAAATTGTGATGACACAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATAGTGGTCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 135)19416 VH CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAACAGTGGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCATCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAGGAGTCGACTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTTTATTACTGTGCGACTCCTTATTACTATGGTTCGGGGAGTTATGGGGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACTGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 144) 19416 VLGACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAACAACTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCCATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAA (SEQ ID NO: 145) 19568 VHCAGATGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCTCAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTGTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGTTGGTTACTACTGGAACTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTTCATTGGGTACATCTATTACAGTGGGAGCATCTACTACAATCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCCGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCCTATATTACTGTGCGAGCGTCGGTATAGTGGGAGCCTCCTACTTTGAGTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 154) 19568 VLGAAATTGTGATGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCTATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 155) 20131 VHCAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTAAGCAGCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGGTATTAGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACAACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTTTCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAAAATTTTTGGGTCCTACTACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTC ACAGTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 164) 20131 VLGAAATTGTGATGACACAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAACAATAAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGACATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTAACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATAGTGGTCCTCCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 165)20185 VH CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTTCGGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGTCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGCAGCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGGTATTAGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACAACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTTCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAAAATTTTTGGGTCCTACTACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTC ACCGTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 174) 20185 VLGAAATTGTGATGACACAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGCTCCAATAATAAGAACTACTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAATCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATAGTGGTCCACCGACGTTCGGCCAAGGGACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 175)20293 VH ACGTGACAGGGCGCGCCCAGGTCCAGCTGCAGGAGAGCGGTCCCGGACTGGTGAAGCCATCCCAGACACTGAGCCTGACTTGTACTGTGAGCGGCGGTAGCATCTCCAGCGGCGGCTACTATTGGTCCTGGATCAGGCAGCACCCAGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATCGGCTACATCTACTATAGCGGCTCTATCTACTATAACCCTTCCCTGAAGAGCCGGGTGACCATCTCTGTGGACACATCCAAGAATCAGTTCTATCTGAAGCTGTCTTCCGTGACCGCCGCTGATACAGCCGTGTACTATTGCGCCTCACTGATGGTCTGGGGGGTCATGGGCGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGCACACTGGTCACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 184) 20293 VLGAGATTGTGCTGACCCAGTCTCCCGCCACCCTGTCTCTGAGTCCTGGCGAGAGAGCCACCCTGAGCTGCAGAGCCTCTCAGTCCGTGTCCAGCTATCTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGGCTCCCCGGCTGCTGATCTACGATGCCTCCAATAGAGCCACCGGCATCCCTGCCAGATTCTCCGGCTCTGGCTCTGGCACCGACTTTACCCTGACCATCTCCAGCCTGGAACCCGAGGACTTCGCCGTGTACTACTGCCAGCAGCGGTCCGACTGGCCTCCTACATTTGGCCAAGGCACCAAGGTGGAAATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 185) 20300 VHCAGGTCCAGCTACAGCAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTTCATCCTGGGGGGTCCCTAAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCGTTGACACCTATGCCATGACCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGGTATTAGCGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAACTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGACGAGGACACGGCCGTATATTACTGTGCGAAGATAGTGGGAGTTACCCACTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTC ACGGTCTCGAGT(SEQ ID NO: 194) 20300 VLGAAATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCAGACTCCCTGGCTGTGTCTCTGGGCGAGAGGGCCACCATCAACTGCAAGTCCAGCCAGAGTGTTTTATACAGGTCCAACAATAAGAACTATTTAGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCAGGACAGCCTCCTAAGCTGCTCATTTACTGGGCATCTACCCGGGAATCCGGGGTCCCTGACCGATTCAGTGGCAGCGGGTCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGGCTGAAGATGTGGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAATATTATAGTGGTCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 195)20362 VH CAGGTCACCTTGAAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTGGTCATTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTCTTACAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGACTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCGCGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGACCGCGTATTACGATATTTTGACTGGTTACCCTTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACGGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 204) 20362 VLGAAATTGTGATGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCGACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 205) 20621 VHCAGGTGCAGCTACAGCAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCACAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTGGTGGTTACTACTGGAGCTGGATCCGCCAGCACCCAGGGAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATTGGGTACATCTCTTATAGTGGGAGTATCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTTACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCTAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCTGTGACTGCCACGGACACGGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCGACCGCGTATTACGATCTTTTGACTGGTTACCCTTTTGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCCTGGTCACGGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 214) 20621 VLGAAATTGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCGTAGCAACTGGCCGATCACCTTCGGCCAAGGGACACGACTGGAGATTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 215)

TABLE 5Anti-TIM-3 antibody heavy and light chain variable domain amino acidsequences Ab Sequence (N-terminal to C-terminal) 15086.15086QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWTRQHPGMGLEWIGYI VH SYSGSIYYTPSLKSRLTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 3) 15086.16837 QVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWTRQHPGMGLEWIGY

15086.17145

YYTPSLKSRLTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

15086.17144

GQGTLVTVSS VH (SEQ ID NO: 7) 15086.15086 EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

N 15086.16837 RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GGGTKVEI 15086.17145 K 15086.17144 (SEQ ID NO: 4) VL 15105 VHQVTLKEWGAGLLRPSETLSLTCAVY

WSWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTISVDATKKQFSLKLTSVTAADTAVYY

G QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 16) 15105 VL DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LGWYQQKPGKAPKRLIY

S LQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 17) 15107 VH QMQLVQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCAVY

WSWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTMSVDTSKHQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

G QGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 26) 15107 VL EIVLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LGWYQQKPGKAPKRLIY

S LQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 27) 15109 VH QMQLVQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCAVY

WSWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

WGQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 36) 15109 VL EIVLTQSPSTLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGTAPKLLIY

S LESGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPDDFATYY

GGGTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 37) 15174 VHQVQLQQSGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSISSSNYYWGWIRQPPGKGLEWIGS

YYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 46) 15174 VL EIVMTQSPSTLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGKAPKVLIY

S LESGVPSRFSGSGSGTELTLTISSLQPDDFATYY

GPGTKVDI K (SEQ ID NO: 47) 15175 VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKAA

MHWVRQAPGQGLEWMGR

NNAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSISTAYMELSRLRSDDTAVYY

GQGTMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 56) 15175 VL EIVMTQSPSTLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIY

S LESGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPDDFATYY

GGGTKV EIK (SEQ ID NO: 57) 15260 VH QMQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCAIS

WNWIRQSPSRGLEWLGR

AFAVSVKSRITINPDTSKNQFSLQLNSVTPEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 66) 15260 VL EIVLTQSPASLSVSLGETVTIECRAS

LAWYQQKPGKSPQLLIY

S LHTGVPSRFSGSGSGTQYSLKINSLQSEDVASYF

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 67) 15284 VH QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVS

WGWIRQPPGKGLEWIGI

YYNPSLKSRVTISAHTSKSQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 76) 15284 VL EIVMTQSPSFLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIY

T LESGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GPGTKVDI K (SEQ ID NO: 77) 15299 VH QVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCTAS

MSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSA

YYADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 86) 15299 VL DIVMTQSSSSLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LGWYQHKPGKAPNRLIY

S LQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCLRHNS

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 87) 15353 VH QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWIRQHPGRGLEWIGY

YYNPSLKSRLTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 96) 15353 VL ETTLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

N RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 97) 15354 VH QVQLQESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCTAS

MSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSA

FFADSVKGRFTISRDNSKSTLYLQTNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTTVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 106) 15354 VL EIVLTQSPATLSVSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

T RATGIPARFSGTGSGTEFTLTISSLQSEDFALYY

GQGTKVE IK (SEQ ID NO: 107) 17244 VH QVQLQESGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAAS

MTWIRQAPGKGLEW

YYADSVKGRFTISRDNAKNSLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYF

GQGTMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 116) 17244 VL EIVLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWFQQKPGRAPKSLIY

S LQSGVPSKFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GPGTNVDI K (SEQ ID NO: 117) 17245 VH QVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCTAS

MSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSA

YYADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 126) 17245 VL DIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LGWYQQKPGKAPKRLIY

S LQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 127) 19324 VH QMQLQQSGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MSWVRQALGKGLEWVSG

YYADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 136) 19324 VL EIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSS

LAWYQQKPGQPPKLL IYWASTRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYY

GQ GTRLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 137) 19416 VH QVQLVESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWIRQHPGKGLEWIGY

YYNPSLRSRLTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 146) 19416 VL DIQMTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

N RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTRLEI K (SEQ ID NO: 147) 19568 VH QMQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WNWIRQHPGKGLEFIGY

YYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTALYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 156) 19568 VL EIVMTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

N RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTRLEI K (SEQ ID NO: 157) 20131 VH QVQLQQSGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSG

YNADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLFLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 166) 20131 VL EIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSS

LAWYQQKPGQPPKLL IY

TRESGVPNRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYY

GQ GTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 167) 20185 VH QVQLVESGGGLVRPGGSLRLSCAVS

MSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSG

YNADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 176) 20185 VL EIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSS

LAWYQQKSGQPPKLL IY

TRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYY

GQ GTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 177) 20293 VH QVQLQESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWIRQHPGKGLEWIGYI

YYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFYLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 186) 20293 VL EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

N RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTKVEI K (SEQ ID NO: 187) 20300 VH QVQLQQSGGGLVHPGGSLRLSCAAS

MTWVRQAPGKGLEWVSG

YYADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRDEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 196) 20300 VL EIVMTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCKSS

LAWYQQKPGQPPKLL IY

TRESGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYY

GQ GTRLEIK (SEQ ID NO: 197) 20362 VH QVTLKESGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWIRQHPGKGLEWIGY

YYNPSLKSRLTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GYPFDYWGQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 206) 20362 VL EIVMTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

D RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTRLEI K (SEQ ID NO: 207) 20621 VH QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCTVS

WSWIRQHPGKGLEWIGY

YYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTATDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 216) 20621 VL EIVMTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASN RATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GQGTRLEI K (SEQ ID NO: 217) (CDRs are bolded and italicized)

TABLE 6 Anti-PD-1 antibody heavy and light chain variable domainnucleotide sequences Ab Sequence (5′ to 3′) 12819.15384GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAATCTGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGATCCCTGCGACTGAGCTGCGCCGCTTCTGGATTCACCTTTACAAGATACGACATGGTGTGGGTCCGCCAGGCACCAGGAAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGCTGGTATCGGCGATAGTAACAAGATGACCCGCTACGCACCTGCCGTCAAAGGGAGGGCAACAATTAGTCGGGACAACTCAAAGAATACTCTGTATCTGCAGATGAATTCCCTGCGAGCTGAGGATACAGCAGTGTACTATTGTGCCAAAGGTAGCTGCATCGCCTGTTGGGACGAAGCTGGCCGTATTGATGCATGGGGACAGGGGACTCTGGTGACC GTCTCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 224) 12819.15384GCTAGCCTCTTACGAGCTGACTCAGGACCCTGCAGTGAGTGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCCGGCGGAGGGAGCTACGATGGTTCCAGCTACTATGGCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCAGGACAGGCACCTGTGACCGTCATCTATAACAATAACAATAGGCCATCTGACATTCCCGATCGGTTCAGTGGATCTAGTTCAGGGAACACAGCTTCTCTGACCATTACAGGAGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCAGATTACTATTGTGGGTCATACGACAGGCCAGAAACAAATTCCGATTATGTGGGAATGTTTGGTAGCGGCACTAAAGTCACCGTCCTAGG (SEQ ID NO: 225) 12748.15381GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAAAGCGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT 12748.16124GGATCTCTGCGACTGAGTTGCGCCGCTTCAGGCTTCACATTTTCTGACTACGC VHCATGAACTGGGTGAGGCAGGCTCCTGGCAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTCGCAGGAATCGGGAACGATGGAAGTTACACTAATTATGGAGCAGCCGTGAAGGGGAGAGCTACTATTTCCCGCGACAACAGCAAAAATACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCACTGAGAGCTGAAGATACCGCAGTGTACTATTGTGCCTCTGACATCAGGAGTCGGAATGATTGCTCCTATTTCCTGGGAGGGTGTTCCAGCGGCTTTATTGACGTGTGGGGTCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACAGTCTCGAG (SEQ ID NO: 234) 12748.15381GCTAGCCTCTTACGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCCGGCGGATCCAGCTACAGCTATGGGTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCCGGTCAGGCCCCTGTGACCGTCATCTATGAAAGTAACAATAGGCCATCAGACATTCCCGATCGGTTTTCTGGCTCTAGTTCAGGAAACACAGCTAGTCTGACCATCACAGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCTGATTACTATTGTGGCAATGCAGATTCCAGCTCTGGAATTTTCGGGTCCGGTACTAAAGTCACCGTCCT AGG(SEQ ID NO: 235) 12865.15377GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAATCCGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGATCCCTGCGACTGAGCTGCGCCGCTTCTGGATTCGACTTTAGCGATCACGGGATGCAGTGGGTGAGACAGGCACCAGGCAAGGGACTGGAGTACGTGGGTGTCATCGACACCACAGGCCGCTATACATACTATGCACCTGCCGTCAAGGGCAGGGCTACCATTAGTCGGGACAACTCAAAAAATACACTGTACCTGCAGATGAACTCTCTGAGGGCTGAAGATACTGCAGTGTACTATTGCGCCAAAACTACCTGCGTGGGAGGGTACCTGTGCAATACCGTCGGAAGTATCGATGCTTGGGGACAGGGGACACTG GTGACTGTCTCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 244) 12865.15377GCTAGCCTCCTACGAGCTGACTCAGGACCCAGCAGTGAGCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCTGGCGGAGGGTCCAGCTCTTACTATGGTTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGGCTCCTGTGACCGTCATCTATGACGATACAAACAGGCCAAGTGGAATTCCCGATCGGTTCTCAGGTAGTTCATCCGGCAATACAGCTTCTCTGACCATCACAGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCAGATTACTATTGTGGTGGCTATGAAGGAAGCTCTCACGCCGGGATTTTTGGAAGTGGGACTAAAGT CACCGTCCTAGG(SEQ ID NO: 245) 12892.15378GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAAAGTGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGAAGCCTGAGACTGTCTTGCGCCGCTAGTGGCTTCGACTTTTCCAGCTACACCATGCAGTGGGTGAGGCAGGCACCAGGCAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGGCGTCATCTCTAGTACTGGAGGGTCTACCGGATACGGGCCTGCTGTGAAGGGAAGGGCAACAATTTCACGGGATAACTCCAAAAATACTCTGTATCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCAGAAGACACAGCCGTGTACTATTGCGTGAAATCAATCTCCGGAGATGCCTGGTCTGTGGACGGGCTGGATGCTTGGGGTCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACAGTC TCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 254) 12892.15378GCTAGCCTCATACGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCCGTCGCCCTGGGAC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCCGGAGGAGGATCCGCCTACGGTTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGGCACCTGTGACCGTCATCTACTATAACAATCAGAGGCCATCTGGCATTCCCGACCGGTTCAGTGGATCCAGCTCTGGGAACACAGCAAGTCTGACCATCACAGGCGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCCGATTACTATTGTGGAAGCTATGATAGTTCAGCTGTGGGGATTTTTGGTTCTGGCACTAAAGTCACCGTCCT AGG(SEQ ID NO: 255) 12796.15376GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAAAGTGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGAAGCCTGAGACTGTCTTGCGCCGCTAGTGGCTTCGACTTTTCCAGCTACACCATGCAGTGGGTGAGGCAGGCACCAGGCAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGGCGTCATCTCTAGTACTGGAGGGTCTACCGGATACGGGCCTGCTGTGAAGGGAAGGGCAACAATTTCACGGGATAACTCCAAAAATACTCTGTATCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCAGAAGACACAGCCGTGTACTATTGCGTGAAATCAGTCTCCGGAGATGCCTGGTCTGTGGACGGGCTGGATGCTTGGGGTCAGGGCACCCTGGTCACAGTC TCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 264) 12796.15376GCTAGCCTCATACGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCCGGAGGAGGATCCGCCTACGGTTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCCAGGCACCTGTGACCGTCATCTACTATAACAATCAGAGGCCATCTGACATTCCCGATCGGTTCAGTGGATCCAGCTCTGGGAACACAGCAAGTCTGACCATCACAGGCGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCCGATTACTATTGTGGAAGCTATGATAGTTCAGCTGTGGGGATTTTTGGTTCTGGCACTAAAGTCACCGTCCT AGG(SEQ ID NO: 265) 12777.15382GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAATCCGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGAAGCCTGCGACTGTCTTGCGCCGCTAGTGGATTCGACTTTTCCAGCTACGGAATGCAGTGGGTGAGGCAGGCACCAGGCAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGGCGTCATCTCTGGAAGTGGGATTACCACACTGTACGCACCTGCCGTCAAGGGAAGGGCTACTATCTCACGGGACAACTCTAAAAATACAGTGTATCTGCAGATGAACTCCCTGAGAGCTGAAGATACCGCAGTCTACTATTGTACACGCTCACCCTCCATCACAGACGGCTGGACTTATGGAGGGGCCTGGATTGATGCTTGGGGTCAGGGCACTCTG GTGACCGTCTCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 274) 12777.15382GCTAGCCAGCTACGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCAGTGGCGGAGATGGGTCATACGGTTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCCGGACAGGCCCCTGTGACCGTCATCTATGACAACGATAATAGGCCATCTGACATTCCCGATCGGTTTAGTGGCTCCAGCTCTGGAAACACAGCTTCTCTGACCATCACAGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCTGATTACTATTGTGGCAATGCAGACCTGTCCGGGGGTATTTTCGGCAGCGGAACTAAAGTCACCGTCCTAGG (SEQ ID NO: 275)12760.15375 GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAATCTGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGATCCCTGAGACTGAGCTGCGCCGCTTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGTACATTCAACATGGTGTGGGTCAGGCAGGCACCTGGAAAGGGACTGGAGTACGTGGCTGAAATCTCCAGCGACGGCTCTTTTACATGGTATGCAACTGCCGTCAAGGGCAGGGCCACCATTAGTCGGGATAACTCAAAAAATACAGTGTACCTGCAGATGAATTCCCTGAGGGCTGAGGACACCGCAGTCTACTATTGCGCAAAATCCGATTGTTCTAGTTCATACTATGGATATAGCTGTATCGGGATCATTGACGCTTGGGGTCAGGGCACT CTGGTGACCGTCTCGAG(SEQ ID NO: 284) 12760.15375GCTAGCCTCCTATGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGAGCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCTCCGGCGGAATTAGCGACGATGGCTCTTACTATTACGGATGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCCGGACAGGCCCCTGTGACCGTCATCTATATTAACGACAGGCGGCCAAGTAATATCCCCGATAGGTTTTCAGGGTCCAGCTCTGGTAACACAGCTTCTCTGACCATTACAGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCTGATTATTACTGTGGCTCTTACGATAGTTCAGCAGGGGTGGGTATCTTCGGCAGTGGAACTAAAGTCACCGTCCTAGG (SEQ ID NO: 285) 13112.15380GGCGCGCCGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAAAGTGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGT VHGGATCACTGAGACTGTCCTGCGCCGCCTCCGGCTTCACCTTTTCCAGCTACAACATGTTCTGGGTGCGCCAGGCACCAGGAAAGGGACTGGAGTTTGTCGCTGAAATCTCTGGTAGTAATACTGGAAGCCGAACCTGGTACGCACCTGCCGTGAAGGGCAGGGCTACAATTTCTCGGGACAACAGTAAAAATACTCTGTATCTGCAGATGAACTCTCTGAGGGCTGAGGATACAGCAGTGTACTATTGTGCAAAATCAATCTACGGAGGGTATTGCGCCGGTGGCTATTCCTGTGGTGTGGGCCTGATTGACGCATGGGGACAGGGGACCCTGGTCACAGTCTCGAG (SEQ ID NO: 294) 13112.15380GCTAGCCTCATACGAGCTGACCCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCCGTCGCCCTGGGCC VLAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCAGTGGCGGATCCAGCGATTACTATGGGTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCCGGTCAGGCCCCTGTGACCGTCATCTACTATAACAACAAGAGGCCATCTGACATTCCCGATCGGTTTAGTGGCTCTAGTTCAGGAAACACAGCCTCCCTGACCATTACAGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCTGATTACTATTGTGGCAATGCAGACTCCAGCGTGGGAGTCTTCGGGTCTGGTACTAAGGTGACCGTCCT AGG(SEQ ID NO: 295) 12748.16124GCTAGCCTCTTACGAGCTGACTCAGCCACCTTCCGTGTCCGTGTCCCCAGGAC VLAGACCGCAAGAATCACATGCAGTGGCGGATCCAGCTACTCATATGGGTGGTTCCAGCAGAAGCCTGGTCAGGCCCCCGTGACAGTCATCTATGAGAGCAACAATAGGCCTTCTGACATTCCAGAACGGTTTAGTGGCTCTAGTTCAGGAACCACAGTGACTCTGACCATCAGCGGGGTCCAGGCCGAGGACGAAGCTGATTACTATTGTGGCAACGCTGATTCCAGCTCTGGAATTTTCGGGTCCGGTACAAAAGTGACTGTCCT AGG(SEQ ID NO: 391)

TABLE 7Anti-PD-1 antibody heavy and light chain variable domain amino acidsequences Ab Sequence (N-terminal to C-terminal) 12819.15384EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MVWVRQAPGKGLEWVAG

VH

RYAPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 226) 12819.15384 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWYQQKPGQAPVTVIYNNN VL NRPSDIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

G SGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 227) 12748.15381 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MNWVRQAPGKGLEWVAG

12748.16124

NYGAAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

VH

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 236) 12748.15381 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWFQQKPGQAPVTVIY

NRPS VL DIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 237) 12865.15377 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MQWVRQAPGKGLEYVGV

VH

YYAPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 246) 12865.15377 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWYQQKPGQAPVTVIY

NRP SGIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTV VL L  (SEQ ID NO: 247) 12892.15378 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASG

MQWVRQAPGKGLEWVGV

VH

GYGPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 256) 12892.15378 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWYQQKPGQAPVTVIY

QRPSG VL IPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 257) 12796.15376 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MQWVRQAPGKGLEWVGV

VH

GYGPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 266) 12796.15376 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWYQQKPGQAPVTVIY

QRPSD VL IPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 267) 12777.15382 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MQWVRQAPGKGLEWVGV

VH

LYAPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 276) 12777.15382 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWFQQKPGQAPVTVIY

NRPSD VL IPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 277) 12760.15375 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MVWVRQAPGKGLEYVAEISS VH

WYATAVKGRATISRDNSKNTVYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 286) 12760.15375 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWFQQKPGQAPVTVIY

VL RRPSNIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTK VTVL (SEQ ID NO: 287) 13112.15380 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MFWVRQAPGKGLEFVAE

VH

WYAPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 296) 13112.15380 SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGG

YGWFQQKPGQAPVTVIY

KRPS VL DIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 297) 12748.16124 SYELTQPPSVSVSPGQTARITCSGG

YGWFQQKPGQAPVTVIY

NRPS VL DIPERFSGSSSGTTVTLTISGVQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 392) (CDRs are bolded and italicized)

TABLE 8 Anti-LAG-3 antibody heavy and light chain variable domainnucleotide sequences Ab Sequence (5′ to 3′) 15646 VHCAGGTGCAGCTGCAGCAGTGGGGTGCCGGTCTGCTGAAGCCTTCTGAAACTCTGTCTCTGACTTGTGCCGTCTATGGTGGATCATTCAGCGGCTACTATTGGTCCTGGATCAGGCAGCCCCCTGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATCGGCGAGATCAACCACCGGGGCTCTACCAACTACAATCCCTCTCTGAAGAGCAGGGTGACCATCTCCGTGGACACATCTAAGAATCAGTTCAGCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCCGTGACCGCCGCTGATACAGCCGTGTACTATTGCACAAGGGGGGAGGAATGGGAGTCACTGTTCTTTGATTACTGGGGGCAGGGGACACTGGTCACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 304) 15646 VLGAAATCGTCCTGACCCAGTCCCCCGCCACCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGAGAAAGAGCCACCCTGTCCTGCCGAGCAAGCCAGTCCATCAGCTCCTATCTCGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGCCAGGCTCCCCGGCTGCTGATCTACGGCGCCTCCAACAGAGCTACAGGAATCCCAGCCCGCTTCAGCGGCTCCGGCTCTGGCACAGACTTTACCCTGACAATCTCTAGCCTGGAGCCTGAGGATTTCGCCGTGTACTATTGCCAGCAGAGATCTAATTGGCCACTGACATTCGGCGGCGGCACACGGGTGGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 305) 15532 VHCAGGTTCAGCTGCAGCAGTGGGGCGCCGGCCTGCTGAGACCAAGCGAGACCCTGTCCCTGACATGCGCCGTGTATGGCGAGAGCTTCTCCGGCTATTACTGGAACTGGATCCGGCAGCCTCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATCGGCGAGATCAATCACTCCGGCTCCACCAATTACAACCCATCCCTGAAGTCTCGGGTGACAATCAGCGTGGATACAAGCAAGACCCAGTTCAGCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCCGTGACAGCTGCCGATACCGCCGTGTATTACTGCGCCAGAGGCTGGGACCTGCTGGATTGGAATGACTACTGGAATGAGTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCTGGTGACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 314) 15532 VLGAGATCGTGCTGACCCAGTCCCCTGCCACCCTGTCTCTGTCCCCTGGCGAGCGGGCCACCCTGTCCTGTAGAGCTTCTCAGTCCGTGTCTTCCTACCTGGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCAGGACAGGCCCCAAGACTGCTGATCTATGACGCTTCCAATCGGGCTACCGGCATCCCAGCTCGCTTTAGCGGCTCCGGCTCCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACAATCAGCTCCCTGGAGCCAGAGGATTTTGCCGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGAGGTCCAATTGGCCACTGACATTTGGCGGCGGCACAAAGGTTGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 315) 15723 VHCAGGTTCAGCTGCAGCAGTGGGGCGCTGGCCTGCTGAAGCCCTCTGAGACCCTGTCTCTGACCTGTGCCGTGTATGGCGGCAGCTTCTCCGGCTATTACTGGAACTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATCGGCGAGATCAACCACTCCGGCTCTACCAACTACAATCCTTCTCTGAAGTCCAGGGTGACAATCAGCGTGGACACCAGCAAGAACCAGTTTAGCCTGAAGCTGTCCAGCGTGACAGCTGCCGATACAGCCGTGTATTACTGCGCCAGAGGCGAGGATTGGGGCGAGAGCTTCTTTGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCTGGTGACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 324) 15723 VLGAGATCGTGCTGACCCAGTCCCCTGCCACCCTGTCTCTGTCCCCTGGCGAGCGGGCCACCCTGAGCTGTCGGGCCTCCCAGTCCGTGAGCTCCTACCTGGCTTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCAGGACAGGCCCCAAGACTGCTGATCTACGCCGCTTCCAATCGGGCCACCGGCATCCCCGCCAGATTTTCCGGCTCTGGCTCCGGCACCGATTTCACCCTGACAATCAGCTCCCTGGAGCCAGAGGACTTCGCCGTGTACTACTGCCAGCAGAGGTCTAATTGGCCACTGACATTTGGCGGCGGCACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 325) 15595 VHCAGGTTCAGCTGGTGCAGTCCGGCGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGAGCTTCTGTGAAGGTTTCCTGTAAGGTTTCCGGCTATAGCCTGACCGAGATCTCTATGCACTGGGTACGGCAAGCCCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATGGGCGGCTTTGACCCAGAGGATGGCGAGACCATCTACGCTCAGAGGTTTCAGGGGCGCGTGATCATGACCGAGGATACCAGCACCGATACCGCCTACATGGAGCTGTCCAGCCTGAGATCCGAGGATACCGCCGTGTATTACTGCGCTACTGGTGGCTGGGGCCCCAATTGGTTCGATCCTTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCTGGTGACCGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 334) 15595 VLGACATCCAGATGACACAGTCTCCTTCCTCTGTGAGCGCCTCTGTGGGCGACCGCGTGACCATCACATGCCGCGCTTCCCAGGGGATCTCTTCCTGGCTGGCTTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGGCCCCCAAGCTGCTGATCTATGCTGCCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCCGGCGTGCCTTCCAGGTTTAGCGGCTCCGGCTCCGGCACCGACTTTACACTGACAATCAGCTCCCTGCAGCCCGAGGATTTTGCCACCTATTACTGTCAGCAGGCGAATTCCTTCCCTTTTACATTCGGCCCTGGCACCAAGGTTGATATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 335) 15431 VHCAGGTTCAGCTGCAGCAGTCCGGCCCCGGCCTGGTGAAGCCAAGCCAGACCCTGTCTCTGACATGCGCCATCTCCGGCGACAGCGTGTCCTCTAACTCCGCCGCTTGGAATTGGATCCGGCAGTCTCCATCCAGAGGCCTGGAGTGGCTGGGCAGAACCTATTACCGGTCCAAGTGGTACAACGATTATGCCGTGTCCGTGAAGAGCAGAATCACCATCAACCCTGATACCAGCAAGAACCAGTTCAGCCTGCAGCTGAATTCCGTGACCCCAGAGGATACAGCCGTGTATTACTGTGCTAGGGACGATGATTGGAATGACTTCGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCTGGTGACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 344) 15431 VLGAGATCGTGCTGACCCAGTCCCCAGCTACACTGTCCCTGTCTCCCGGCGAGCGGGCCACCCTGAGCTGTAGAGCTTCCCAGTCCGTGTCTTCCTATCTGGCTTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCAGGACAGGCCCCAAGGCTGCTGATCTACGACGCCTCCAATAGAGCCACCGGCATCCCAGCTAGATTTTCTGGCTCCGGCTCCGGCACCGATTTCACACTGACCATCTCTAGCCTGGAGCCAGAGGATTTTGCTGTATATTACTGCCAGCAGCGCAGCAACTGGCCCCTGACATTTGGCGGCGGCACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 345) 15572 VHCAGCTGCAGCTGCAGGAAAGCGGCCCCGGCCTGGTGAAGCCCTCTGAGACCCTGTCCCTGACATGCACCGTGAGCGGCGATTCCATCAGCTCTTCCAGCTATTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGATCGGCAGCATCTTCTACTCCGGCAATACATATTATAATCCTTCTCTGAAGAGCAGGGTGACAATCAGCGTGGATACCTCCAAGAATCAGTTTAGCCTGAAGCTGAGCTCCGTGACAGCTGCCGATACAGCCGTGTATTACTGCGCTAGGGAGGACGATTTTCTGACCGATTATTACGGCGCTTTCGACATCTGGGGCCAGGGGACAATGGTGACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 354) 15572 VLGATATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCAAGCACCCTGAGCGCCTCTGTGGGCGATCGGGTGACCATCACATGTCGGGCTTCTCAGTCCATCAGCAGCTGGCTGGCTTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGGCCCCAAAGCTGCTGATCTACAAGGCCTCTTCCAGCGAGAGCGGCGTGCCATCCAGGTTTAGCGGCTCCGGCTCCGGCACCGAGTTTACCCTGACCATCTCTTCCCTGCAGCCCGATGACTTTGCCACCTACTACTGTCAGCAGTACAATTCCTATCTGACATTCGGCGGCGGCACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 355) 15011 VHGAGGTGCAGCTGCTGGAATCCGGAGGAGGACTGGTCCAGCCAGGTGGATCCCTGCGACTGAGCTGCGCCGCTTCTGGCTTCGACTTTAGAAGCTACGCAATGATGTGGGTCCGCCAGGCACCAGGAAAGGGACTGGAGTGGGTGGGAGGGATCAACGGTGAAGTCGGTGGCTCTAATACATACTATGCACCTGCCGTCAAGGGAAGGGCTACTATTAGTCGGGACAACTCAAAAAATACCCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGTCTGAGGGCCGAGGATACCGCCGTGTACTATTGCGTGAAAGGTGCTGGCGCATGCGGCATCTGTAATGACGATATTGATGCATGGGGACAGGGGACCCTGGTGACAGTCTCGAGT (SEQ ID NO: 364) 15011 VLAGTTATGAGCTGACTCAGGACCCAGCAGTGTCAGTCGCCCTGGGCCAGACAGTGAGAATCACTTGCAGTGGGGCTGGTTCATATGCAGGCTCCTACTATTACGGATGGCACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGACAGGCACCTGTGACAGTCATCTACGACAACGATAAAAGGCCAAGCAATATTCCCGACCGGTTCTCTGGGTCCAGCTCTGGTAACACCGCCTCCCTGACCATTACTGGGGCCCAGGCTGAGGACGAAGCTGATTATTACTGTGGCTCTACAAACGATAATGACGATGGCGGACTGTTTGGCTCCGGAACTAAGGTCACCGTCCTA (SEQ ID NO: 365)

TABLE 9 Anti-LAG-3 antibody heavy and light chain variable domain amino acid sequences Ab Sequence (N-terminal to C-terminal)15646 VH QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCAVY

WSWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTL VTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 306) 15646 VL EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

NRATG IPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

SNWPLTFGGGTRVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 307) 15532 VH QVQLQQWGAGLLRPSETLSLTCAVY

WNWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKTQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQ GTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 316) 15532 VL EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

NRATG IPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GGGTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 317) 15723 VH QVQLQQWGAGLLKPSETLSLTCAVY

WNWIRQPPGKGLEWIGE

NYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTL VTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 326) 15723 VL EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

NRATG IPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GGGTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 327) 15595 VH QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKVS

MHWVRQAPGKGLEWMGG

IYAQRFQGRVIMTEDTSTDTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYY

GQGTL VTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 336) 15595 VL DIQMTQSPSSVSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIY

SLQSG VPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYY

GPGTKVDIK (SEQ ID NO: 337) 15431 VH QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCAIS

AWNWIRQSPSRGLEWLGR

YNDYAVSVKSRITINPDTSKNQFSLQLNSVTPEDTAVYY

GQG TLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 346) 15431 VL EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRAS

LAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIY

NRATG IPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYY

GGGTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 347) 15572 VH QLQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVS

WGWIRQPPGKGLEWIGS

YYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYY

GQGTMVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 356) 15572 VL DIQMTQSPSTLSASVGDRVTITCRAS

LAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIY

SSESG VPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPDDFATYY

GGGTKVEIK (SEQ ID NO: 357) 15011 VH EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAAS

MMWVRQAPGKGLEWVGG

YYAPAVKGRATISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYY

GQGTLVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 366) 15011 VL SYELTQDPAVSVALGQTVRITCSGA

YYGWHQQKPGQAPVTVIY

KRPS NIPDRFSGSSSGNTASLTITGAQAEDEADYY

GSGTKVTVL (SEQ ID NO: 367) (CDRs are bolded and italicized)

1. A method of enhancing immunity in a human patient in need thereof,comprising administering to the patient an anti-PD-1 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof that competes for binding to human PD-1with, or binds to the same epitope of human PD-1 as, an antibodycomprising the heavy and light chain variable domain amino acidsequences of: a) SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; b) SEQ ID NOs:236 and 237, respectively; c) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 392, respectively; d)SEQ ID NOs: 246 and 247, respectively; e) SEQ ID NOs: 256 and 257,respectively; f) SEQ ID NOs: 266 and 267, respectively; g) SEQ ID NOs:276 and 277, respectively; h) SEQ ID NOs: 286 and 287, respectively; ori) SEQ ID NOs: 296 and 297, respectively; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody oran antigen-binding portion thereof, an anti-LAG-3 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof, or both. 2-4. (canceled)
 5. The methodof claim 1, wherein the anti-PD-1 antibody has at least one of thefollowing properties: a) binds to human PD-1 with a K_(D) of 750 pM orless; b) binds to cynomolgus PD-1 with a K_(D) of 7 nM or less; c) bindsto mouse PD-1 with a K_(D) of 1 nM or less; d) does not bind to ratPD-1; e) increases IL-2 secretion in a Staphylococcal enterotoxin B(SEB) whole blood assay; f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixedlymphocyte reaction assay; g) inhibits the interaction of PD-1 withPD-L1 by at least 60% at a concentration of 10 μg/mL in a flowcytometric competition assay; h) blocks binding of PD-L1 and PD-L2 toPD-1 by at least 90% at a concentration of 10 μg/mL as determined byBio-Layer Interferometry analysis; and i) inhibits tumor growth in vivo.6. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-PD-1 antibody comprises: a)heavy chain complementarity-determining regions (H-CDR) 1-3 and lightchain complementarity-determining regions (L-CDR) 1-3 comprising of theanti PD 1 antibody comprise the amino acid sequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs:228-233, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 238-243, respectively; iii) SEQID NOs: 248-253, respectively; iv) SEQ ID NOs: 258-263, respectively; v)SEQ ID NOs: 268-273, respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 278-283,respectively; vii) SEQ ID NOs: 288-293, respectively; or viii) SEQ IDNOs: 298-303, respectively; b) a heavy chain variable domain (VH) and alight chain variable domain (VL) comprising the amino acid sequences of:i) SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 237,respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 392, respectively; iv) SEQ IDNOs: 246 and 247, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 256 and 257,respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 266 and 267, respectively; vii) SEQ IDNOs: 276 and 277, respectively; viii) SEQ ID NOs: 286 and 287,respectively; or ix) SEQ ID NOs: 296 and 297, respectively; or c) aheavy chain (HC) and a light chain (LC) comprising the amino acidsequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379,respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 237 and 379,respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 236 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 392 and 379,respectively; iv) SEQ ID NOs: 246 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 247 and 379,respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 256 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 257 and 379,respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 266 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 267 and 379,respectively; vii) SEQ ID NOs: 276 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 277 and 379,respectively; viii) SEQ ID NOs: 286 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 287 and379, respectively; or ix) SEQ ID NOs: 296 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 297and 379, respectively. 7-8. (canceled)
 9. The method of claim 1, whereinthe anti-TIM-3 antibody competes for binding to human TIM-3 with, orbinds to the same epitope of human TIM-3 as, an antibody comprising theheavy and light chain variable domain amino acid sequences of: a) SEQ IDNOs: 7 and 4, respectively; b) SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively; c) SEQID NOs: 16 and 17, respectively; d) SEQ ID NOs: 26 and 27, respectively;e) SEQ ID NOs: 36 and 37, respectively; f) SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47,respectively; g) SEQ ID NOs: 56 and 57, respectively; h) SEQ ID NOs: 66and 67, respectively; i) SEQ ID NOs: 76 and 77, respectively; SEQ IDNOs: 86 and 87, respectively; k) SEQ ID NOs: 96 and 97, respectively; 1)SEQ ID NOs: 106 and 107, respectively; m) SEQ ID NOs: 116 and 117,respectively; n) SEQ ID NOs: 126 and 127, respectively; o) SEQ ID NOs:136 and 137, respectively; p) SEQ ID NOs: 146 and 147, respectively; q)SEQ ID NOs: 156 and 157, respectively; r) SEQ ID NOs: 166 and 167,respectively; s) SEQ ID NOs: 176 and 177, respectively; t) SEQ ID NOs:186 and 187, respectively; u) SEQ ID NOs: 196 and 197, respectively; v)SEQ ID NOs: 206 and 207, respectively; or w) SEQ ID NOs: 216 and 217,respectively. 10-11. (canceled)
 12. The method of claim 9, wherein theanti-TIM-3 antibody has at least one of the following properties: a)binds to human TIM-3 with a K_(D) of 23 nM or less as measured bysurface plasmon resonance; b) binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with a K_(D) of22 nM or less as measured by surface plasmon resonance; c) binds tohuman TIM-3 with an EC50 of 1.2 nM or less as measured by ELISA; d)binds to cynomolgus TIM-3 with an EC50 of 46 nM or less as measured byELISA; e) increases IFN-γ secretion in a one-way mixed lymphocytereaction assay; f) increases IFN-γ secretion in a two-way mixedlymphocyte reaction assay; g) increases TNF-α secretion in a one-waymixed lymphocyte reaction assay; h) increases TNF-α secretion fromdendritic cells; and i) inhibits interaction of TIM-3 withphosphatidylserine.
 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the anti-TIM-3antibody comprises: a) H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprising the amino acidsequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs: 8-13, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 18-23,respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 28-33, respectively; iv) SEQ ID NOs:38-43, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 48-53, respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs:58-63, respectively; vii) SEQ ID NOs: 68-73, respectively; viii) SEQ IDNOs: 78-83, respectively; ix) SEQ ID NOs: 88-93, respectively; x) SEQ IDNOs: 98-103, respectively; xi) SEQ ID NOs: 108-113, respectively; xii)SEQ ID NOs: 118-123, respectively; xiii) SEQ ID NOs: 128-133,respectively; xiv) SEQ ID NOs: 138-143, respectively; xv) SEQ ID NOs:148-153, respectively; xvi) SEQ ID NOs: 158-163, respectively; xvii) SEQID NOs: 168-173, respectively; xviii) SEQ ID NOs: 178-183, respectively;xix) SEQ ID NOs: 188-193, respectively; xx) SEQ ID NOs: 198-203,respectively; xxi) SEQ ID NOs: 208-213, respectively; or xxii) SEQ IDNOs: 218-223, respectively; b) a VH and a VL comprising the amino acidsequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 3and 4, respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 16 and 17, respectively; iv) SEQID NOs: 26 and 27, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 36 and 37, respectively;vi) SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47, respectively; vii) SEQ ID NOs: 56 and 57,respectively; viii) SEQ ID NOs: 66 and 67, respectively; ix) SEQ ID NOs:76 and 77, respectively; x) SEQ ID NOs: 86 and 87, respectively; xi) SEQID NOs: 96 and 97, respectively; xii) SEQ ID NOs: 106 and 107,respectively; xiii) SEQ ID NOs: 116 and 117, respectively; xiv) SEQ IDNOs: 126 and 127, respectively; xv) SEQ ID NOs: 136 and 137,respectively; xvi) SEQ ID NOs: 146 and 147, respectively; xvii) SEQ IDNOs: 156 and 157, respectively; xviii) SEQ ID NOs: 166 and 167,respectively; xix) SEQ ID NOs: 176 and 177, respectively; xx) SEQ IDNOs: 186 and 187, respectively; xxi) SEQ ID NOs: 196 and 197,respectively; xxii) SEQ ID NOs: 206 and 207, respectively; or xxiii) SEQID NOs: 216 and 217, respectively; or c) an HC and an LC comprising theamino acid sequences of: i) SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376,or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; respectively; ii) SEQ ID NO: 3 andSEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378;respectively; iii) SEQ ID NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;and SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 378; respectively; iv) SEQ ID NO: 26 and SEQ IDNO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 378; respectively; v)SEQ ID NO: 36 and SEQ ID NOs: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 37and 378; respectively; vi) SEQ ID NO: 46 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376,or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 378; respectively; vii) SEQ ID NO: 56 andSEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 378;respectively; viii) SEQ ID NO: 66 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;and SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 378; respectively; ix) SEQ ID NO: 76 and SEQ IDNO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 77 and 378; respectively; x)SEQ ID NO: 86 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 87and 378; respectively; xi) SEQ ID NO: 96 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376,or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 97 and 378; respectively; xii) SEQ ID NO: 106and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 107 and 378;respectively; xiii) SEQ ID NO: 116 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;and SEQ ID NOs: 117 and 378; respectively; xiv) SEQ ID NO: 126 and SEQID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 127 and 378; respectively;xv) SEQ ID NO: 136 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs:137 and 378; respectively; xvi) SEQ ID NO: 146 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375,376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 147 and 378; respectively; xvii) SEQ ID NO:156 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 157 and 378;respectively; xviii) SEQ ID NO: 166 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or377; and SEQ ID NOs: 167 and 378; respectively; xix) SEQ ID NO: 176 andSEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 177 and 378;respectively; xx) SEQ ID NO: 186 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377;and SEQ ID NOs: 187 and 378; respectively; xxi) SEQ ID NO: 196 and SEQID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 197 and 378; respectively;xxii) SEQ ID NO: 206 and SEQ ID NO: 374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ IDNOs: 207 and 378; respectively; or xxiii) SEQ ID NO: 216 and SEQ ID NO:374, 375, 376, or 377; and SEQ ID NOs: 217 and 378; respectively. 14-15.(canceled)
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the anti-LAG-3 antibodycompetes for binding to human LAG-3 with, or binds to the same epitopeof human LAG-3 as, an antibody comprising the heavy and light chainvariable domain amino acid sequences of: a) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,respectively; b) SEQ ID NOs: 306 and 307, respectively; c) SEQ ID NOs:326 and 327, respectively; d) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 337, respectively; e)SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 347, respectively; f) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 357,respectively; or g) SEQ ID NOs: 366 and 367, respectively. 17-18.(canceled)
 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the anti-LAG-3 antibodyhas at least one of the following properties: a) at a concentration of20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human LAG-3 to human MEW class II onA375 cells by greater than 85% compared to a negative control antibodyas determined by a flow cytometric competition assay; b) at aconcentration of 20 μg/mL, reduces the binding of human LAG-3 to humanMEW class II on A375 cells to between 35% and 85% compared to a negativecontrol antibody as determined by a flow cytometric competition assay;c) blocks binding between human LAG-3 expressed on Jurkat cells andhuman MEW class II expressed on Raji cells; d) binds to human LAG-3 withan EC50 of 0.1 nM or less as measured by flow cytometry; e) binds tocynomolgus LAG-3 with an EC50 of 0.3 nM or less as measured by flowcytometry; f) binds to human LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.0×10-8 or less asmeasured by surface plasmon resonance; g) binds to cynomolgus LAG-3 witha K_(D) of 1.5×10-7 or less as measured by surface plasmon resonance; h)binds to mouse LAG-3 with a K_(D) of 3.5×10-8 or less as measured bysurface plasmon resonance; i) stimulates IL-2 production inStaphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) treated human peripheral bloodmononuclear cells (PBMCs); j) reduces cellular levels of LAG-3 in humanT cells; k) reduces soluble levels of LAG-3 in the culture of human Tcells; l) induces tumor growth regression in vivo; m) delays tumorgrowth in vivo; and n) does not bind to the same epitope of human LAG-3as antibody 25F7-Lag3.5.
 20. The method of claim 16, wherein theanti-LAG-3 antibody comprises: a) H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprising theamino acid sequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively; ii) SEQID NOs: 308-313, respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 328-333, respectively;iv) SEQ ID NOs: 338-343, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 348-353,respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 358-363, respectively; or vii) SEQ ID NOs:368-373, respectively; b) a VH and a VL comprising the amino acidsequences of: i) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs:306 and 307, respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 326 and 327, respectively;iv) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 337, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 347,respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 357, respectively; or vii) SEQ IDNOs: 366 and 367, respectively; or c) an HC and an LC comprising theamino acid sequences of i) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 317and 378, respectively; ii) SEQ ID NOs: 306 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 307and 378, respectively; iii) SEQ ID NOs: 326 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 327and 378, respectively; iv) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 337and 378, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 347and 378, respectively; vi) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs: 357and 378, respectively; or vii) SEQ ID NOs: 366 and 375, and SEQ ID NOs:367 and 379, respectively. 21-22. (canceled)
 23. The method of claim 1,comprising administering to the patient: a) an anti-PD-1 antibody whoseH-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:228-233, respectively; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 8-13,respectively; b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise theamino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; and ananti-TIM-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid sequences ofSEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; or c) an anti-PD-1 antibodycomprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:226 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ IDNOs: 227 and 379; and an anti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC thatcomprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LCthat comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and
 378. 24.The method of claim 1, comprising administering to the patient: a) ananti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequencesof SEQ ID NOs: 318-323, respectively; b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VHand VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227,respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise theamino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317, respectively; or c) ananti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LC that comprises the aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; and an anti-LAG-3 antibodycomprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ IDNOs: 317 and
 378. 25. A method of enhancing immunity in a human patientin need thereof, comprising administering to the patient: a) ananti-PD-1 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; an anti-TIM-3 antibodywhose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ IDNOs: 8-13, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323,respectively; b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise theamino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; ananti-TIM-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid sequences ofSEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VHand VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,respectively; or c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC thatcomprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LCthat comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; ananti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises the aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an anti-LAG-3 antibodycomprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ IDNOs: 317 and
 378. 26-28. (canceled)
 29. The method of claim 1, whereinthe patient has cancer.
 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the canceris selected from the group consisting of leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma,non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, myeloma, melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer,bladder cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer,colorectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, Merkel-cell carcinoma,fibrosarcoma, gliosarcoma, or glioblastoma. 31-33. (canceled)
 34. Themethod of claim 29, further comprising administering to the patientradiation therapy, or at least one of a chemotherapeutic agent, ananti-neoplastic agent, and an anti-angiogenic agent.
 35. Amulti-specific antibody that specifically binds to: a) human PD-1 andhuman TIM-3; b) human PD-1 and human LAG-3; or c) human PD-1, humananti-TIM-3, and human LAG-3, comprising an antigen-binding portion of ananti-PD-1 antibody as defined in claim
 1. 36. (canceled)
 37. Apharmaceutical composition comprising (1) an anti-PD-1 antibody or anantigen-binding portion thereof as defined in claim 1, (2) an anti-TIM-3antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof and/or an anti-LAG-3antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof, and (3) apharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
 38. The pharmaceuticalcomposition of claim 37, wherein the anti-TIM-3 antibody competes forbinding to human TIM-3 with, or binds to the same epitope of human TIM-3as, an antibody comprising the heavy and light chain variable domainamino acid sequences of: a) SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; b) SEQ IDNOs: 3 and 4, respectively; c) SEQ ID NOs: 16 and 17, respectively; d)SEQ ID NOs: 26 and 27, respectively; e) SEQ ID NOs: 36 and 37,respectively; f) SEQ ID NOs: 46 and 47, respectively; g) SEQ ID NOs: 56and 57, respectively; h) SEQ ID NOs: 66 and 67, respectively; i) SEQ IDNOs: 76 and 77, respectively; j) SEQ ID NOs: 86 and 87, respectively; k)SEQ ID NOs: 96 and 97, respectively; l) SEQ ID NOs: 106 and 107,respectively; m) SEQ ID NOs: 116 and 117, respectively; n) SEQ ID NOs:126 and 127, respectively; o) SEQ ID NOs: 136 and 137, respectively; p)SEQ ID NOs: 146 and 147, respectively; q) SEQ ID NOs: 156 and 157,respectively; r) SEQ ID NOs: 166 and 167, respectively; s) SEQ ID NOs:176 and 177, respectively; t) SEQ ID NOs: 186 and 187, respectively; u)SEQ ID NOs: 196 and 197, respectively; v) SEQ ID NOs: 206 and 207,respectively; or w) SEQ ID NOs: 216 and 217, respectively.
 39. Thepharmaceutical composition of claim 37, wherein the anti-LAG-3 antibodycompetes for binding to human LAG-3 with, or binds to the same epitopeof human LAG-3 as, an antibody comprising the heavy and light chainvariable domain amino acid sequences of: a) SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,respectively; b) SEQ ID NOs: 306 and 307, respectively; c) SEQ ID NOs:326 and 327, respectively; d) SEQ ID NOs: 336 and 337, respectively; e)SEQ ID NOs: 346 and 347, respectively; f) SEQ ID NOs: 356 and 357,respectively; or g) SEQ ID NOs: 366 and 367, respectively. 40.(canceled)
 41. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) an anti-PD-1antibody whose H-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequencesof SEQ ID NOs: 228-233, respectively; an anti-TIM-3 antibody whoseH-CDR1-3 and L-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:8-13, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose H-CDR1-3 andL-CDR1-3 comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 318-323,respectively; b) an anti-PD-1 antibody whose VH and VL comprise theamino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 227, respectively; ananti-TIM-3 antibody whose VH and VL comprise the amino acid sequences ofSEQ ID NOs: 7 and 4, respectively; and an anti-LAG-3 antibody whose VHand VL comprise the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 316 and 317,respectively; or c) an anti-PD-1 antibody comprising an HC thatcomprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 226 and 375 and an LCthat comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 227 and 379; ananti-TIM-3 antibody comprising an HC that comprises the amino acidsequences of SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 377 and an LC that comprises the aminoacid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 378; and an anti-LAG-3 antibodycomprising an HC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:316 and 375 and an LC that comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ IDNOs: 317 and
 378. 42-53. (canceled)